Job opening: Coalition Organizer/Researcher - 7/19/2008
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability seeks a coalition organizer/researcher to provide research and organizing assistance that increases the capacity and grassroots power within and across organizations and communities working for more equitable and sustainable development patterns.

Target Puts New Campus on Long Hold - 7/17/2008
In the slow economy, the retailer won’t be moving on its planned $1.75 billion complex in Brooklyn Park. It may be as long as four years.

Falling Short on Racial Equity - 7/14/2008
On July 26, the Alliance for Metropolitan Stability organized a community discussion on the Organizing Apprenticeship Project's 2nd annual Minnesota Legislative Report Card on Racial Equity. The report card, which grades the governor and the Legislature on the amount of racial equity bills proposed and passed during the session, gave our leaders a D for racial equity legislation in the 2007 session.

Council OKs road plan, but area residents say they'll still fight for those being displaced - 7/2/2008
The Arden Hills City Council's vote Monday to approve a design concept for a road project on the stretch of Hwy. 10 between Interstate 35W and Hwy. 96 was met with disappointment by residents of a manufactured home development sandwiched between the three highways.

Racial and Environmental Justice Roundtable Resources - 6/27/2008
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability held a Racial and Environmental Justice Roundtable Organizer Roundtable on June 11, 2008, to bring grassroots organizers from the racial justice and environmental movements together to discuss how they could work together more effectively.

St. Paul Ford Plant May Get Reprieve - 6/26/2008
Ford Motor Co. officials are reportedly studying plans to keep the Ford Ranger plant in St. Paul open longer than its scheduled fall 2009 closing date.

Spring 2008 Common Ground - 5/21/2008
The latest issue of the Common Ground newsletter focuses on recent victories for the Alliance and our partner organizations, including the recent passage of the transportation bill over the governor's veto and the Twin Cities' first community-based CBA.

Community Benefits Agreements: Growing a Movement in Minnesota - 1/28/2008
The Alliance for Metropolitan Stability recently released this report on community benefits agreements to further develop local understanding of the CBA's potential to yield significant, community-desired results from large-scale redevelopments and other projects. More and more organizations and coalitions are turning to the CBA model to produce meaningful — and, perhaps more importantly, enforceable — outcomes for low-income people and communities of color.