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Community Conversations

The League of Minnesota Cities, with support from the Bush Foundation's InCommons initiative, engaged Minnesotans in vital conversations about city services and funding. This project highlighted citizens' preferences for innovative service delivery while avoiding cuts. Participants emphasized the need for collaborative approaches, such as partnerships with other cities and the private sector. They also shared insights on funding, preferring taxes or fees and advocating for state support to ensure quality services. Discover more about what Minnesotans envision for their cities.

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Community Conversations

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  1. 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

  2. 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

  3. What is CSF? • Cities, Services and Funding: a Board initiative • Different phases • Research • Awareness and education • Conversations with Minnesotans

  4. Community Conversation sites

  5. Who helped make the conversations happen?

  6. Community Conversation topics

  7. Written report of findings

  8. City services today

  9. Future city services

  10. 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

  11. Doing things in new ways

  12. Volunteering to provide services

  13. Paying for city services

  14. Should the state spend money ensuring quality services throughout Minnesota?

  15. Should non-residents pay for services?

  16. Do you prefer fees or taxes?

  17. What do you think about sales taxes?

  18. Values to keep in mind

  19. Learn more www.youtube.com/citiesmatter www.citiesmatter.org www.community-conversations.org www.lmc.org Thank you!

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