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<br />2025 Little Canada Housing Study <br />The 2025 Little Canada Housing Study provides a comprehensive analysis of the city’s population <br />demographics, housing stock, housing market, and land use patterns. The study also offers regional <br />context by comparing Little Canada to nine reference communities and includes spatial analysis of <br />housing dynamics within the city. <br /> <br />This study is data-driven, containing over 40 tables and maps, and spans approximately 50 pages. While <br />a full read is not expected, the Executive Summary and Key Findings sections provide the most essential <br />takeaways. For ease of navigation, the document includes a hyperlinked table of contents and table of <br />figures. <br /> <br />City of Little Canada Community Inclusion Report <br />The City of Little Canada is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive community. This report <br />summarizes key findings from several community engagement efforts, including a city-wide survey, <br />individual stakeholder interviews, and youth engagement sessions at Little Canada Elementary School. <br />This Community Inclusion Report identifies themes around welcoming and inclusion. <br /> <br />City of Little Canada Sustainability Report <br />The City of Little Canada engaged Asia Wy through the ICMA YSEALI fellow program to review <br />sustainability efforts. Asia completed the City of Little Canada Sustainability Report, which analyzes <br />completed and in-process city sustainability efforts, analyzes peer communities' best practices, identifies <br />potential nonprofit partners in the environmental sustainability space, reviews state sustainability <br />legislative policies and priorities, and determines potential grant opportunities or funding sources for <br />municipal sustainability work. Recommendations can be found on pages 11-13 in the report. <br /> <br />Little Canada Rice Street Corridor - ULI Minnesota Technical Assistance Panel Final Report <br />ULI Technical Assistance Panels provide expert, multidisciplinary, unbiased advice to local <br />governments, public agencies, and nonprofit organizations facing complex land use and real estate <br />issues. ULI offers objective and responsible guidance on various land use and real estate issues ranging <br />from site-specific projects to public policy questions. <br /> <br />The Urban Land Institute (ULI) completed a Technical Assistant Panel (TAP) for three city-owned <br />parcels and the Rice Street Corridor. The three city-owned parcels included: <br />• 0 First Bank Drive <br />• 2750 Rice Street <br />• 2828 Condit Drive <br /> <br />The TAP panelists provided independent opinions and analyses as real estate, planning, design, finance, <br />placemaking, and development professionals. Panel recommendations and concepts for each of the three <br />city-owned sites were provided with justifications for each recommendation for city consideration <br />outlined within the Little Canada Rice Street Corridor ULI TAP Final Report. <br /> <br />Community Survey <br />An analysis of 2025 Community Survey Results will follow the presentation from Morris Leatherman at <br />the February 26 regular City Council meeting.