1.1 A bill for an act
1.2 relating to capital
investment; appropriating money for the Black Arts Tech Center
1.3 operated by 30,000 Feet.
1.4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE
LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
1.5 Section 1. 30,000 FEET
BLACK ARTS AND TECHNICAL TRAINING CENTER.
1.6 $2,000,000 in fiscal year 2026 is appropriated from the
general fund to the commissioner
1.7 of employment and
economic development for a grant to 30,000 Feet, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit
1.8 organization, to
design, construct, furnish, and equip the renovation and expansion of a
1.9 Black Arts and Tech
Center in the city of St. Paul, to include an outdoor performance space,
1.10 multidisciplinary art
room, and dance space, to provide tech training and programming to
1.11 youth who live in
poverty. This appropriation is in addition to the appropriation in Laws
1.12 2023, chapter 71,
article 1, section 14, subdivision 42, and is available until the project is
1.13 completed or abandoned,
subject to Minnesota Statutes, section 16A.642.
