Laserfiche WebLink
Last revised July 24, 2014 <br />o Elevate the value that every Twin Cities resident deserves to live in a community rich <br />with opportunity. <br />o Prioritize the wisdom of low-income communities of color in the process of shaping <br />vision, developing plans, and allocating resources in their own communities. <br />o Begin a sustained conversation that embeds the objectives of equity into the region's <br />practices and investments extending across multiple jurisdictions and sectors. <br />o Engage partners —from the community, service sectors, and government —in specific <br />geographies over the course of at least the next 15 to 18 months to begin this long-term <br />conversation. <br />• Provide data and analysis to inform regional conversations about the distribution of poverty and <br />where people of color live, including annually updating which census tracts are Areas of <br />Concentrated Poverty or Racially Concentrated Areas of Poverty. <br />• Promote equity through the Council's contracting and procurement practices by participating in <br />the Disadvantaged Business Enterprise Program (DBE) and the Metropolitan Council <br />Underutilized Business Program (MCUB), which together strive to ensure equitable participation <br />in projects and procurements by underutilized businesses and companies owned by people of <br />color and women. <br />2040 HOUSING POLICY PLAN I METROPOLITAN COUNCIL <br />DRAFT RELEASED FOR PUBLIC COMMENT Part IV: Opportunities for Impact I Page 71 <br />