IV.4. Resolution Supporting Hennepin County Love Local Storefronts Program Grant Application; Needham
CITY OF HOPKINS
City Council Report 2025-148
To: Honorable Mayor and Council Members
Mike Mornson, City Manager
From: Revée Needham, Community Development Manager
Date: October 7, 2025
Subject: Resolution Supporting Hennepin County Love Local Storefronts Program
Grant Application
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RECOMMENDED ACTION
MOTION TO approve Resolution 2025-058 Supporting an Application to Hennepin
County’s Love Local Storefronts Grant Program.
OVERVIEW
To apply to the Hennepin County Love Local Storefronts grant program, the City
Council needs to approve a resolution of support.
Love Local Storefronts Program
Hennepin County’s Love Local Storefronts program aims to help cities enhance local
business districts, main streets, and cultural corridors through improvements to building
facades. Façade improvements restore the visual appeal of downtowns and business
districts, preserve community and cultural heritage, and help businesses thrive. The
Love Local Storefronts program priorities are to:
• Improve the vibrancy of Hennepin County small business districts
• Preserve community and cultural heritage
• Support locally owned small and mid-sized businesses
• Invest in projects that would not advance without HRA support
Cities and development authorities within Hennepin County are eligible to apply for Love
Local Storefronts grants. Love Local Storefronts grants can fund projects such as
exterior painting or re-siding, restoration of exterior finishes, restoration of historically
appropriate architectural details, repair, replacement, or installation of windows and
doors, canopy or awning installation or repair, ADA improvements on the exterior of the
property for business districts such as downtown Hopkins. Hennepin County offers up to
$50,000 to a city to reimburse property owners for expenses related to façade
improvements for their Love Local Storefronts program.
City of Hopkins Grant Application
The City proposes to use the grant to fund façade improvements that enhance the
appeal of downtown Hopkins. Staff would work with the local business community to
encourage applications for façade improvements. A local match or participating property
owner match is required by the grant program. The City proposes to use the existing
Planning & Economic
Development
Planning and Economic Development budget and participating property owner funds to
meet this requirement.
SUPPORTING INFORMATION
x Resolution 2025-058
x Hyperlink to Hennepin County Love Local Storefronts Program webpage
CITY OF HOPKINS
HENNEPIN COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2025-058
RESOULITION SUPPORTING HENNEPIN COUNTY LOVE LOCAL STOREFRONTS
PROGRAM GRANT APPLICATION
WHEREAS, Hennepin County is soliciting applications to their Love Local Storefronts
Grant Program to help cities enhance their local business districts through
improvements to building façades; and
WHEREAS, Hennepin County has grants up to $50,000 for cities to reimburse eligible
property owners for expenses related to façade improvements for 2026; and
WHEREAS, the City of Hopkins is a municipality within Hennepin County, and is
therefore eligible to apply for funds under the Love Local Storefronts Program, and
WHEREAS, the City Council reaffirmed the goals of supporting a vibrant business
community and promoting Hopkins as a destination in 2026; and
WHEREAS, the City has the institutional, managerial and financial capability to ensure
adequate project and grant administration; and
WHEREAS, the City certifies that it will comply with all applicable laws and regulations
as stated in the contract grant agreements.
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Hopkins
hereby authorizes the City Manager and/or his designee to submit an application for
Hennepin County Love Local Storefronts grant funds and execute such agreements as
may be necessary to implement the project on behalf of the City.
Adopted by the City Council of the City of Hopkins this 7th day of October, 2025.
By:___________________________
Patrick Hanlon, Mayor
ATTEST:
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Amy Domeier, City Clerk