Member City: Faribault, MN

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Cities, Services & Funding: Broader Thinking, Better Solutions

This League initiative has the potential to help shape the future of Minnesota cities—the services you provide, how those services are delivered, and how they are paid for. The point of this effort is to engage the city community, policymakers, and the general public in conversations about the dire financial conditions cities are facing. The initiative includes five phases, and the League is now in Phase 3—community conversations. Twelve host cities were selected, and the community conversations have been going on since March. This phase will be wrapping up soon, and then we'll begin the policy-development phase.
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—Read more about the community conversations

State of the Cities Report 2011

The State of the Cities Report 2011 focuses on the results of the fiscal conditions survey, comparing the most recent results with data from previous years. The study finds that most cities are still struggling to meet financial needs. However, the share of cities that reported being better able to meet their financial needs increased from 17 percent in 2009 to 23 percent in 2010.
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Projection: MN Cities will go broke within five years

If nothing changes, Minnesota cities of all sizes in all regions of the state will be broke by the year 2015, according to a League-commissioned study by the Humphrey Institute.
Read more about the results of the League-commissioned study

Local Government Innovation & Redesign

In these difficult times, it's important for Minnesota officials to find new and better ways to deliver public services. A new publication, Navigating the New Normal: A Minnesota Local Government Innovation and Redesign Guide, is designed to help public officials do that.
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