The city of Albert Lea, Minn., is getting $189,205 to redevelop an old meatpacking site, the Star Tribune reports.
The money is part of more than $2.2 million in land redevelopment funding announced Monday by the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development.
State funding is also going to Cloquet, Hutchinson, La Crescent, Moorhead, Scott County Community Development Agency, White Bear Lake, Deer River.
The seven grants from DEED's redevelopment Grant Program and one loan from the Demolition Loan Program are expected to redevelop 20.84 acres and establish 571 units of housing.
"Redevelopment funding is a great resource that communities can use to invest in themselves," said DEED Commissioner Matt Varilek.
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