Public Policy Design Lab

Renewing the Countryside is a nonprofit organization that strengthens rural areas by championing and supporting rural communities, farmers, artists, entrepreneurs, educators, activists and other people who are renewing the countryside through sustainable and innovative initiatives, businesses,…

We have created a 2022 version of the AMI Cheat Sheet, updated using HUD’s Area Median Income for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which increased to $118,200 for a family of four.

This is the fourth update: find the 2017 edition here, 2018 edition here,…

We've updated the AMI Cheat Sheet for Minneapolis and St. Paul for 2021 using HUD’s Area Median Income for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which increased to $104,900 for a family of four.

This is the fifth update: find the 2017 edition here, 2018…

We have created a new version of the AMI Cheat Sheet, updated for 2020 using HUD’s Area Median Income for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which increased to $103,400 for a family of four.

This is the fourth update: find the 2017 edition here, 2018…

CURA’s Public Policy Design Lab worked with Restaurant Opportunities Center of Minnesota (ROC-MN) and Minneapolis-based artist Gina Pena to create a visualization of The Rice Activity: Contextualizing the Working Class. This activity was…

We are again sharing a statement from CURA Director Ed Goetz on the murder of George Floyd at the top of this message. The fundamental issues of justice that Mr. Floyd’s murder surfaces for our community and for the entire nation dominate our conversations about what…

Now available: a new version of the AMI Cheat Sheet, updated for 2019 and using HUD’s Area Median Income for the Minneapolis-St. Paul-Bloomington metropolitan area, which increased to $100,000 for a family of four.

This is the third update: find the 2017 edition here and the…

Coalition of Asian American Leaders (or CAAL) has proactively led a campaign urging our government and private institutions to collect and use disaggregated data that more accurately reflects Asian American experiences. This way, solutions crafted to achieve equitable social, economic…