The METRO Blue Line Extension project is seeking applications from community members for a new Anti-Displacement Workgroup. Members will help guide anti-displacement strategies and policy development by providing personal insight, local expertise, and direct connections to communities impacted by the project. Learn about how to apply.

The new report describes the overall process, public input, and technical evaluation that will inform the recommendation of a community-supported route for the METRO Blue Line Extension in spring 2022. The project office seeks public comments on the report through January 25.

Signs of the Omicron variant have begun to show up in wastewater samples at the region’s largest wastewater treatment plant, the Metro Plant in Saint Paul. Wastewater sampling does not confirm individual cases or exactly where outbreaks are occurring. But it is a measure of the prevalence of the disease in the plant's service area and it supplements diagnostic testing. Our story and video discuss the research effort.

The METRO Purple Line, a bus rapid transit line that will operate between Saint Paul and White Bear Lake, has received approval to enter the Project Development phase of the Federal Transit Administration's New Starts program. Project leadership now transitions from Ramsey County to the Met Council. The corridor includes several major employers and destinations.

The Met Council’s pilot Solar-for-Vouchers Program has wrapped up, even as planners consider the next steps toward advancing the dual goals of more affordable housing and less reliance on traditional energy sources. Property owners participating in the pilot are enthusiastic about program goals.

Minnesota’s Legacy Fund is called a “game changer” when it comes to helping to support our renowned system of regional parks and trails. Take, for example, the new Lower Landing at the Cottage Grove Ravine Regional Park. It’ll be the facility’s first winter. The Council’s Parks Manager, Emmett Mullin, shows off this new amenity and says you don’t want to miss it.