Purpose

This bill would provide funding to support an arts project in Minnesota. Specifically, it appropriates money to pay for a grant to Hmong Town Connections so they can renovate a building and create new arts space.

Main Provisions

• Amount and source: $500,000 in fiscal year 2026 from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund.
• Recipient: Hmong Town Connections.
• What the funds are for: To renovate the Maplewood Sears complex and create arts space.
• Administration: The grant is to be issued by the Minnesota Commissioner of Administration.

Significance / What this changes

• Creates a targeted funding allocation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund for an arts space project.
• Directs state resources to a specific community organization (Hmong Town Connections) and a specific location (Maplewood Sears complex).
• No other program changes or policy shifts are described in the bill text provided; the focus is on this single appropriation.

Key terms and entities

• Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund
• Appropriation
• Commissioner of Administration
• Grant
• Hmong Town Connections
• Renovate
• Create arts space
• Maplewood Sears complex
• Fiscal year 2026

Relevant Terms arts and cultural heritage fund appropriation grant commissioner of administration Hmong Town Connections renovate arts space Maplewood Sears complex fiscal year 2026