Hiring an Economic Development Consulting Firm (RFQ 2025-209)
Summary
St. Cloud is heavily residential, and most residents commute out of town for good-paying jobs. The council interviewed consulting firms it hopes will attract employers — not just retail — to balance the city's jobs-housing mismatch before the population tops 100,000.
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Last discussed Mar 16, 2026.
Impact analysis
The cost of the consulting contract wasn't discussed at this meeting, but the city has dozens of active projects and a downtown public-private partnership with a $6 million CRA investment in a parking garage that the chosen consultant could help manage.
Residents who currently drive an hour or more for livable-wage jobs would benefit if the consultant successfully attracts employers to the city.
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