Getting Down to Work – Minnesota Philanthropy Partners.

Read about a Job Creation Loan Fund as well as an initiative where people can invest in their local small businesses starting with as little as $20.00 in a Community Investment Note.  Both initiatives would make for excellent discussion material for the Maplewood Housing & Economic Development Commission and the Maplewood City Council. To my knowledge, no one at City Hall has explored this idea for encouraging private investment to spur Maplewood economic development through job creation.