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Regional Council of Mayors

RCM’s unique value is its ability to build knowledge and networks that support collective regional awareness and action. It was founded in 2005 and it has broadened its reach, credibility and influence. Its focus is on impact and significance, not power and politics. Its strategies are to partner with ULI Minnesota to:

  • Convene: Bring mayors and cross sector leadership together around issues of regional significance.
  • Educate: Equip Mayors to lead and support learning across sectors.
  • Engage: Support civic outreach strategies.
    Effect Change: Seek solutions that support a ‘better way’ for collective regional action.

RCM
"Congratulations ULI for 75 years of collaboration to help lead responsible land use best practices. I applaud ULI's wisdom to embrace the value and benefit of acknowledging and sponsoring the Regional Council of Mayors in Minnesota to create policies and strategies for a thriving and sustainable Metropolitan Region."


-- Regional Council of Mayors Co-founder, Mayor Elizabeth Kautz from Burnsville, Minnesota

Mayors wish ULI a Happy 75th Anniversary.  View here.

RCM, along with ULI Minnesota, are focused on four priority areas:

Members

RCM Leadership and background
Map of cities represented

Meeting Notes

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Presentations

Download "What's Next" Book (4.12)
Download "What's Next" .ppt (4.12)
Download  "Vital 21st Century Infostructure" (4.12)
Download Redevelopment Guide (2.12)
Download
 MSP Export Initiative (2.12)
Download MSP Export Plan (2.12)
Download MSP Export Plan-one page (2.12)
Download Tom Sorel (MnDOT) presentation (2.12)
Download Regional Development Framework and Sustainable Development Plan (1.12)
Download MN Greenstep and Regional Indicators Project (11.11)
Download Options for Financing Building Retrofits (11.11)
Download Thomas Murphy's presentation (10.11)
Download Cathy Bennett's report (5.11)
Download Tom Stinson's presentation (1.11) 
Download Accelerate MSP (12.10)
Download Brookings Metropolitan Business Planning Initiative (12.10)
Download Abundant Power (09.10)
Download Regional Economic Development Entity presentation
Download Mayor Harpstead's presentation (5.10)
Download Itasca Project Job Growth Task Force Presentation (03.10)
Download Issues Media Group presentation (2.10)
Download John Shardlow presentation (2.10)
Download John Gunyou presentation (1.10)
Download Tom Sorel (MnDOT) presentation (12.09)
Download Mayor Harpstead's Regional Competitiveness Project Update (11.09)
Download Affordable Housing Research (11.9.09)
Download Ken Greenberg presentation (9.14.09)
Download William Melton presentation (9.14.09)
Download Regional Competitiveness Project presentation (9.22.09)
Download Mayor Harpstead's presentation (4.13.09)
Download Twin Cities Demographic Change presentation (4.13.09)
Download Mayor Harpstead's presentation (3.9.09)
Download Mayor Harpstead's presentation (1.9.09)

Reports

Community Action Grant (11.09)

What They Say...


"We can learn a great deal from one another and have an impact beyond the boundaries of our respective communities.”

Mayor Sandy Martin
Shoreview, MN


Mayor Sandy Martin     

Mayors Sandy Martin (Shoreview) and
Jim Hovland (Edina),
co-chairs of the Regional Council of Mayors

What is The Regional Council of Mayors?

The nationally recognized Regional Council of Mayors was formed in 2005 and is supported by the Urban Land Institute Minnesota. It includes Minneapolis, St. Paul and 45 municipalities in the developed and developing suburbs. This collaborative partnership provides a non-partisan platform focused on building action strategies to raise the region’s overall economic competitiveness, innovation and quality of life. Learn more...

 

In The News

Cities say its time to step it up
By Mary Jane Smetanka | Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2011
Read the full article.
  
Regional Council of Mayors: A Vacation From Bitter Partisanship
By Steve Berg | Monday, Feb. 28, 2011
Read the full article.

Mayor Kautz takes the lead at the US Conference of Mayors (USCM)
RCM co-chair Mayor Elizabeth Kautz (Burnsville) serves as the 68th president of the USCM. 
Read or watch Mayor Kautz's inaugural address or Read the USCM press release.

Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and team selected for ULI Daniel Rose Center for Public Leadership in Land Use Fellowship (11.09)

Regional Conference of Mayors showcased in new ULI Report (11.09)
The RCM is one of five projects featured in ULI's new report,
"Leadership and Innovation for Change:  Five Years of Community Action Grants."

Read Star Tribune  (6.5.09)
"Rosemount Receives Tips on Housing Development"
by Katie Humphrey

Read Climate Wire's Environment and Energy Daily (10.9.09)
"LAND USE: How do you urbanize the suburbs?"
by Annie Jia, E&E reporter

RCM Contacts

Caren Dewar
Executive Director
612.338.1332

Katherine Anderson
Associate
612.338.1332

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