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Locking up a Preservation Success Story After Years of Effort

The former St. Louis County Jail in Duluth has been rehabilitated and will start its new life as affordable and market-rate apartments....

Minnesota Historic Tax Credit Updates

On January 11, 2023, the Senate Taxes Committee heard testimony on the provisions that were included in last session’s Omnibus...

The Enduring Value of the Minnesota Historic Tax Credit

By Erin Hanafin Berg, Director, Rethos Policy Institute Tuesday, May 17, 2022 Things are looking rosier for Minnesota’s historic...

House Taxes Committee Hearing on the MN Historic Tax Credit

The House omnibus taxes bill is up for debate, amendment, and passage this afternoon. In it is a provision that extends the Historic Tax...

Historic Tax Credit Update

Rethos and other members of the RevitalizeMN coalition expect that Minnesota Senate Taxes Committee chair Sen. Carla Nelson (R,...

REUSE IN ACTION: Historic Schools Around Minnesota

In May 2020, voters on the Iron Range approved a school consolidation plan that had been under discussion and negotiation since 2017,...

Letter in Support of the Emerging Developer Fund Program - HF2976

February 28, 2022 Rep. Mohamud Noor Chair, Workforce and Business Development Finance and Policy Committee Minnesota House of...

Policy Institute Director Erin Hanafin Berg Featured in Twin Cities Pioneer Press

If new construction is exempted from rent control, “our concern is, why would anyone choose to do that?” said Berg, who has built a...

Federal and State Historic Tax Credits Spur the Economy AND Preserve Historic Structures

Rethos: Places Reimagined partners with owners and developers of historic buildings to make the most effective use of both Federal and...

Community Within the Corridor Commences

Adaptive reuse of historic buildings is a major force behind equitable real estate development. The Community Within the Corridor project...

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