Eligibility
Local governmental units (city, county, townships, special district, or other political subdivision or public corporation) are eligible to apply for a grant.
Program Requirements
The projects must be of publicly owned infrastructure related to a development project, including projects that target manufacturing, technology, warehousing and distribution; research and development; innovative business incubator; agricultural processing; or industrial, office, or research park development that would be used by an innovative business
Funds from this program can also be used for land acquisition and preparation, telecommunications, bridges, parking ramps, demolition, hazard remediation, pre-design, construction, equipment and furnishings.
Cities may be required to provide some match of project capital costs.
Definition of an Innovative Business
For the purposes of this program, an Innovative Business is defined as a business that is engaged in, or is committed to engage in innovation in Minnesota in one of the following: using proprietary technology to add value to a product, process, or service in a high technology field; researching or developing a proprietary product, process or service in a high technology field; researching, developing, or producing a new proprietary technology for use in the fields of tourism, forestry, mining, transportation, or green manufacturing.
Definition of Proprietary Technology
Proprietary technology is defined as the technical innovations that are unique and legally owned or licensed by a business and includes, without limitation, those innovations that are patented, patent pending, a subject of trade secrets, or copyrighted.
