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Community Conversations What Minnesotans Had to Say Cities, Services and Funding project of the League of Minnesota Cities with support from The Bush Foundation’s InCommons initiative
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Community Conversations. Cities, Services and Funding project of the League of Minnesota Cities. with support from The Bush Foundation’s InCommons initiative. What Minnesotans Had to Say. What is the League?. Membership organization 832 of 853 Minnesota cities are members - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Community ConversationsWhat Minnesotans Had to Say
Cities, Services and Funding project of the League of Minnesota Citieswith support from The Bush Foundation’s InCommons initiative
What is the League?
Membership organization 832 of 853 Minnesota cities are members Provides information and guidance to
council members, mayors, and city staff www.lmc.org
Background
“Cities, Services & Funding” project Broader thinking, better solutions
Gather ideas and opinions of Minnesotans about the future of cities Community Conversations
Development of guidance and new policy options for cities and the State
Community Conversation sites
Who helped make the conversations happen?
Community Conversation topics
City services today
Future city services
Cuts to services
Participants are reluctant to cut services Instead, they want cities to do things
differently Volunteers Partnerships with other cities Private sector relationships
Doing things in new ways
Volunteering to provide services
Should the state spend money ensuring quality services throughout Minnesota?
Should non-residents pay for services?
Do you prefer fees or taxes?
What do you think about sales taxes?
Values to keep in mind
What do you think?
General reactions? Surprises? Comments? Questions?
Next steps
Get involved!! Websites to learn more:YOUR CITY WEBSITE!!!www.youtube.com/citiesmatterwww.citiesmatter.orgwww.community-conversations.orgwww.lmc.org
Thank you!
