Minnesota Infrastructure Alliance (formerly MN2050)

Hello Minnesota Infrastructure Alliance (formerly MN2050) team- we need your help! The Minnesota Legislature only has 5 more days to pass a capital investment/ bonding bill to support infrastructure in Minnesota. Please voice your support for infrastructure spending to your legislators today. Here are three easy ways to send them a message: 🚧 Use the Raise Our Grade website to send a message to your legislators: Plug in your zip code, scroll to the bottom to send a message to state legislators, push send. https://lnkd.in/g3JjcgA 🚧 Send a message to your legislative leaders via Transportation Alliance Action Alert: Click on the link, add your contact information, push send. https://lnkd.in/gMQD3KeG 🚧 Use this Who Represents Me tool from the Minnesota Legislature to look up your state representatives and senators via your home or work address. Click on their info to send your legislator, and their staff, a personal message via email. https://lnkd.in/gJSbDHeH APWA-MN Chapter Group, CITY ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA, MINNESOTA COUNTY ENGINEERS ASSN, Associated General Contractors of Minnesota, Minnesota Utility Contractors Association, Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers, Minnesota AWWA, Central States Water Environment Association, Minnesota Rural Water Assn, League of Minnesota Cities, ACEC/MN, The Minnesota Transportation Alliance, ASCE MN Section, Minnesota Asphalt Pavement Association, MINNESOTA COUNCIL OF AIRPORTS, MINNESOTA GOVERNMENT ENGINEERS COUNCIL, North-Central Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (NCITE)

We did it- Minnesota Infrastructure 101 Day at the Capitol! Thanks to a team of #Infrastructure professionals from across the state for showing up at the Minnesota State Capitol on May 1 for Infrastructure 101 Day! After a briefing on current bills and needs, we met with Senate leaders including Sandy Pappas and Scott Dibble to advocate for infrastructure funding and a 2024 capital spending bill benefiting local projects. Special thanks to Margaret Donahoe and Ann Johnson Stewart for helping us understand the process! Couldn't join us? Send a note to your legislators here: https://lnkd.in/g3JjcgA  https://lnkd.in/gMQD3KeG #Minnesota #Infrastructure #Construction #RaiseOurGrade Associated General Contractors of Minnesota, ACEC/MN, APWA-MN Chapter Group, Minnesota Utility Contractors Association, Minnesota AWWA

One week away! Join us next Wednesday May 1 at the Minnesota state capitol for Infrastructure 101 day! We want to encourage our state legislators to fund infrastructure improvements and pass a capital bonding bill in the 2024 session to improve our statewide infrastructure. We will hold a 1-hour issues briefing and prep at 10:00am, then meet at the house chamber at 11:15am for smaller meetings. If you'd like to attend, please RSVP to Margaret Donahoe at [email protected]. Infrastructure 101 Day at the Capitol Wednesday May 1, 2024 from 10:00am-12:30pm 10:00am -11:15am: gather for an issues briefing on transportation and infrastructure funding talking points. Meet in the Associated General Contractors of Minnesota Conference Room, 525 Park Street, Ste. 110, St. Paul, MN 55103 11:15am - 12:30pm: hold quick One-on-One Conversations with legislators at the Capitol. These meetings will be scheduled by others, and each of us will join as our specific legislators are available. Meet in front of House Chamber – 2nd Floor of Capitol. Hope to see you then! APWA-MN Chapter Group, ASCE MN Section, ACEC/MN, Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers, CITY ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA, Minnesota Utility Contractors Association, MINNESOTA COUNTY ENGINEERS ASSN, Minnesota AWWA, Central States Water Environment Association, Minnesota Rural Water Assn Let's encourage our legislators to fund infrastructure and #RaiseOurGrade https://lnkd.in/g5sZsnEX

What's been happening in Minnesota at the state level for infrastructure? Three updates: 1) We are waiting for a draft bonding bill from the house and senate to fund local projects. Local units of government requested $2.93B in capital projects this session, 46% metro, 54% non-metro by dollar per the MMB Capital Budget website https://lnkd.in/eYdxn23b 2) Save the date for an Infrastructure 101 Day at the Capitol on Wednesday May 1! More details soon. Talk to Margaret Donahoe if you want to attend! 3) At the end of March, Michelle Stockness and Russ Matthys testified in house and senate committees in support of creating a new Minnesota Advisory Council on Infrastructure and bills HF4025 and SF4108. This council would work across state agencies and infrastructure sectors to better identify infrastructure needs, funding opportunities, and share best practices and asset management tools statewide. #MNleg #infrastructure #RaiseOurGrade

The Minnesota Legislative Session has started this week! Want to get more involved in infrastructure advocacy? We have the tools for you! 1) Sign up for a 'Day at the Capitol' with one of our member organizations! See our website calendar for all the legislative events that have been scheduled to date, with links for sign up info: https://lnkd.in/gug2vZ7n 2) Tell your legislators that you support infrastructure funding and send them a message via the Raise our Grade website: https://lnkd.in/g3JjcgA 3) Prep your infrastructure elevator speech with our MnIA Talking Points located under the website 'References' tab and shown below. 4) Attend our February 28th all member meeting from 11-12pm online. We'll use this meeting to coordinate legislative strategies for infrastructure support. #MNleg #infrastructure #advocacy

Hot off the presses, Minnesota Governor Walz has published his infrastructure package. Details include: * a proposed 2024 bonding bill of $982 million * 45% goes to preserving infrastructure, 22% toward water and transportation, 14% to public safety, 10% to housing and 9% to other projects * $215 million on water and transportation projects, including $119 million for grants and low-interest loans for safe drinking water. * $440 million for building rehabilitation. * $85 million will go toward other infrastructure across the state including $40 million for local government projects. * as a reminder the 2023 bonding bill was $2.6 billion, with $1.5 billion of borrowing and more than $1.1 billion in cash. https://lnkd.in/g23x2Y47

We're in the news! Check out this article on Minnesota infrastructure and asset management initiatives in the American Public Works Association Reporter magazine. Thanks to Russ Matthys, Brad Henry, APWA-MN Chapter Group and Erin Koegel for your leadership! https://lnkd.in/gTSuqFEF

Thanks to everyone that attended our full team Minnesota Infrastructure Alliance meeting last week! Here are the top things we think you should know: 1) please check out our new website: https://lnkd.in/gZbJqpmT it's intended to communicate who we are to partners and policy makers, and to share news and meeting materials. See our December 6 meeting minutes posted. 2) please use the Raise our Grade website to send a message to your Minnesota legislators that you support infrastructure funding: https://lnkd.in/g3JjcgA 3) Let's coordinate on legislative priorities and events for the 2024 legislative session, which starts February 12. Talking points below. See you at our next meeting in January or early February! Questions? Please contact a steering committee member: Michelle Stockness, Jeannine Clancy, Jonathan Curry, MPA, Margaret Donahoe, Amy (Saffel) Grothaus, PE, Brad Henry, or Hannah Albertus-Benham Thanks to our network of 18 partners including: APWA-MN Chapter Group, ASCE MN Section, Minnesota AWWA, Central States Water Environment Association, CITY ENGINEERS ASSOCIATION OF MINNESOTA, Metropolitan Airports Commission, Minnesota County Engineers Association, Minnesota Department of Transportation, Minnesota Government Engineering Council, Minnesota Rural Water Assn, Minnesota Society of Professional Engineers, Minnesota Utility Contractors Association, North-Central Section of the Institute of Transportation Engineers (NCITE), and The MN Transportation Alliance. #Infrastructure #MNLeg #PublicWorks #InfrastructureFunding #Coordination #RaiseOurGrade