Tag: Hennepin County District 6

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

This week the Board approved changes to Hennepin County’s COVID-19 Safety Plan rolling back mask requirements for vaccinated residents and authorizing a return to regular service in our libraries and service centers. We are grateful for your patience as these updates are fully implemented.

Additionally, I introduced a resolution dedicating $100,000 to establish a vaccine incentive program in Hennepin County. This action is aimed at reducing vaccine disparities and increasing community trust. I’m grateful to my Board colleagues for their unanimous support of this action, and that our Public Health team and community leaders will have another tool to encourage residents to get vaccinated.

Updates in this week’s newsletter:

Continue reading “H.C. Commissioner Chris LaTondress (Dist. 6) Update: June 18, 2021”

June 4, 2021

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

Please join me tomorrow for my monthly ‘Coffee with Chris’ series where we sit down over a cup of coffee for an informal conversation. This Saturday, June 5, you can join me by clicking here.

Updates you’ll find in this week’s newsletter:

☕ Coffee with Chris: Tomorrow from 10:00 am- 10:45 am. Join by clicking here.

🏛 Hennepin County Board actions this week: The Board approved funding for Emergency Rental Assistance, Opioid Response Services, and the Vocational Services Program.

Continue reading “HC Commissioner Chris LaTondresse (Dist. 6) Update: June 4, 2021”

 
May 14, 2021

Dear friends and neighbors,

This week the Hennepin County Housing and Redevelopment Authority (HRA), which I Chair, unanimously approved a historic $17.1 million in new investments for affordable housing. This is not only the largest amount we’ve ever awarded at once to support affordable housing, it offers new focus and urgency on how our County is confronting this crisis.

For District 6 this action brings $2.85 million in new investments to five different projects that will create at least 416 affordable housing units in Edina, Minnetonka and Hopkins.

Our community is facing intersecting crises in housing, homelessness, income, public health and public safety. These crises affect all of us, and disproportionately harms communities of color. Now is the time for government to step up and take bold, innovative action to meet these challenges. That is what we’ve done with this week’s round of new investments. 

Continue reading “Commissioner Chris LaTondresse (Dist. 6) Update: May 15, 2021”

Dear Friends and Neighbors,

“Warmer and wetter.” These two words not only describe Minnesota’s climate future. They represent the current reality experienced by many Hennepin County residents, as we all learn to adapt new realities brought on by climate change. A recent report lists Minnesota as second in the nation for extreme weather events and another Federal analysis shows that we are warming faster than many other states.

That’s why I am proud to share that this week Hennepin County officially adopted our Climate Action Plan, building on our new Net-Zero by 2050 emissions goal and the creation of a new director-level role responsible for operationalizing this work across our organization. On Tuesday I spotlighted two important themes of the plan—Resilience and Partnerships—at Arden Park in Edina, where improvements led by the City of Edina and Minnehaha Watershed District in partnership with County offer a model for the future.  

Learn more about the Climate Action Plan and the event (covered by WCCO and the Star Tribune) below.

Continue reading “HC Commissioner Chris LaTondresse (Dist. 6) Update: May 7, 2021”