Nearly two decades ago, a fledgling group of business owners and operators founded the Minnesota Coalition for Workforce Housing.

Thanks to the work of leaders in state government and various business and nonprofit organizations, some headway was made at the state level in providing local communities with seed money to help make much needed affordable housing convenient to places of work. In addition to metro governments, Greater Minnesota communities like Marshall and Grand Rapids stepped up because growing local economies needed homes for all.

  
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