Loan for Building, Technology and Innovation Center (BTIC): 415 Royalston Ave N - REIA
Section 1: Background
| Public Safety | No |
| Housing | Yes |
| Economic Development | Yes |
| Public Services | No |
| Environmental Justice | Yes |
| Built Environment & Transportation | No |
| Public Health | No |
| Arts & Culture | No |
| Workforce | Yes |
| Spending | No |
| Data | No |
| Community Engagement | No |
City-wide for the housing production; workforce recruting targeted to north Minneapolis.
CPED staff working with Race Equity developed the SREAP goals passed by the City Council.
Section 2: Data
North Minneapolis is the primary benficiary of this project.
Near North Race & Ethnicity (2016-2020) * from Minnesota Compass Database accessed on 9/16/2022
White 6,917 19.0%
Of Color 28,418 78.1%
Black or African American alone 18,498 50.8%
American Indian and Alaskan Native alone 559 1.5%
Asian or Pacific Islander alone 4,183 11.5%
Other alone suppressed
Two or more races alone 2,481 6.8%
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) 3,703 10.2%
This area is one of the largest population percentages of non-white residents at nearly 4 to 1 residents being from communities of color.
Benificiary data on demographics of people served by this project will need to be collected as the facility becomes operational
Section 3: Community Engagement
| Inform | Yes |
| Consult | No |
| Involve | No |
| Collaborate | No |
| Empower | No |
Community will benefit from the job creation at a wage level higher than the community's median income.
Section 4: Analysis
This project would reduce barriers for BIPOC people living wage jobs and will create new housing units.
Section 5: Evaluation
We will count jobs, housing units produced, and other related economic activity in racially disaggregated data sets.
The Developmer will engage community as the project progresses.