ABSTRACT
St. Paul businesses that want to expand are getting relocation offers from suburban communities that are nearly impossible for a built-up central city to match. The city will soon be adopting, as part of its comprehensive plan, an economic development strategy for the 90s. The strategy was prepared through the dedicated work of a 28-member, community-based task force. The strategy is broad-based and sets forth long-range economic goals for St. Paul. The city needs to build on its effective base of job training programs so that disadvantaged people, new immigrants, displaced workers and those who simply need to upgrade their skills can continue to find meaningful and productive work. Safe, sound, and affordable housing has been and must remain a priority. The strategic planning group spotlighted a host of other areas—particularly cultural diversity and interracial understanding—where the city must get involved if we want to do right by our young people.
