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Posted on: September 14, 2023

Mexican Street Food Thrives in Roseville at La Tapatia

Mexican Street Food Thrives in Roseville at  La Tapatia

From trendy food truck to tasty takeout hotspot, La Tapatia has grown into a full-service Roseville restaurant specializing in the fresh, authentic flavors of the Guadalajara region of Mexico.

Martha Ponce started the food truck business nearly a decade ago, serving tacos, burritos, and Mexican specialties drawing on the flavorful recipes passed down from generation to generation in her family. Tapatío/tapatia actually refers to someone from Gu...

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Community Development
Posted on: August 17, 2023

New Micro-Loan Program Aims to Help Smaller Businesses

New Micro-Loan Program Aims to Help Smaller Businesses

Roseville entrepreneurs can now give their small businesses a boost with a new forgivable micro-loan program.

The Roseville Economic Development Authority is offering forgivable loans up to $5,000 to assist with capital improvements. The program is limited to small businesses with five or fewer full-time equivalent employees.

Applications are on a first-come, firs...

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Community Development
Posted on: May 11, 2023

Neighborhood Enhancement Program Kicks Off

Neighborhood Enhancement Program Kicks Off

City of Roseville staff will be out walking neighborhoods starting in May for the annual Neighborhood Enhancement Program.

Now in its 15th year, the program is part of the city’s ongoing commitment to keep neighborhoods and business districts clean, safe, and well maintained. The city inspects half of the city, or about 5,000 properties, each year looking for proper...

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Community Development
Posted on: May 4, 2023

Mi-Sant Brings Vietnamese Favorites to Roseville

Mi-Sant Brings Vietnamese Favorites to Roseville

A Roseville family of foodies is reimagining fast-casual cuisine with fresh ingredients, made-from-scratch pastries, and the bold and bright flavors that nod to their Vietnamese roots.

Mi-Sant opened in Roseville in the spring of 2021 serving Asian-inspired noodle bowls, French pastries, and banh mi sandwiches, which fuse together those two delicious traditions.

In fact, their name Mi-Sant is a play on their two most popular items: banh ...

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Community Development
Posted on: April 27, 2023

New Homeownership Program Exceeds Expectations

New Homeownership Program exceeds expectations

Last spring, the City of Roseville invited homeowners to consider selling to a new affordable housing program that would help the next generation of families achieve the dream of homeownership.

The city, partnering with nonprofit Twin Cities Habitat For Humanity, hoped to acquire and update four homes and sell them to qualifying buyers. City staff mailed 900 letters to homeowners explaining the new program, called a land trust.

No one knew quite ...

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Community Development
Posted on: March 17, 2023

Visit Roseville’s Julie Wearn Named Tourism Professional of the Year

Visit Roseville’s Julie Wearn  Named Tourism Professional of the Year

March is Women’s History Month. This year’s theme is Celebrating Women Who Tell Our Stories. The City of Roseville is recognizing influential women who are doing exceptional work and bringing positive change to the community.

In just two words, Visit Roseville CEO Julie Wearn and her team have brilliantly summed up with makes Roseville a premier destination: Perfectly Positioned.  

“We are perfectly positioned to anything you want to do in the Twin Cities,&am...

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Community Development
Posted on: February 27, 2023

Removing Racist Language from Property Deeds

Removing racist language from property deeds.

Homeownership is one significant way American families accrue wealth and pass it on to future generations.

Families of color were historically excluded from homeownership here in Roseville, in Minnesota, and in communities across the country through various mechanisms, including racial covenants that explicitly forbid non-white families from owning certain hom...

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Community Development
Posted on: February 17, 2023

City Pauses New Short-Term Rental License Program

City Pauses New Short-Term Rental License Program

The City of Roseville has stopped issuing new short-term rental licenses to further evaluate its licensing program.

The Roseville City Council voted 4-1 to temporarily pause licensing at the Feb. 13 meeting after hearing from residents. Short-term rentals refer to residential properties that are offered for lease, often in lieu of a hotel, on websites including Airbnb ...

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Community Development
Posted on: November 8, 2022

Choose Roseville Helps Showcase 35 Local Small Businesses

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The Choose Roseville campaign has worked hard to enhance the relationship between the City of Roseville and the small business community. Choose Roseville has visited over 187 businesses offering help with social media, video, marketing and other support.

“I can tell that it meant a lot to businesses that we were stopping by and offering to help,” says Roseville EDA Intern Ruben Dominguez. 

Choose Roseville recently helped the Roseville Economic Development Authority win the 202...

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Community Development
Posted on: August 22, 2022

Apply to be a Roseville Youth Commissioner Today

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Do you know a young person who would be a great voice in local government?

The City has openings for Roseville residents under 18, who would like to be youth commissioners.

City of Roseville Seeks Student Voices

There are openings on the Finance Commission; Human Rights, Inclusion, and Engagement Commission (HRIEC); Parks and Recreation Commission; and the Public Works, Environment, and Transportation (PWET) Commission.&n...

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Posted on: August 28, 2022

Community Land Trust Pilot Program Sees Early Success

Thelma Boeder stands in front of the home she sold to become part of the land trust partnership.

A first-of-its kind partnership is on track to create more opportunities for affordable home ownership in Roseville.

In November, 2021, the Roseville City Council approved a partnership between Twin Cities Habitat for Humanity and the City of Roseville Economic Development Authority (EDA). The goal was to create a Community Land Trust that would add up to four affordabl...

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Community Development
Posted on: May 24, 2022

City Releases All-Department Equity and Inclusion Report

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The City released its 2021 All-Department Equity update to City Council at the regular Council meeting on Monday, May 23.

Each City department leader spoke about how their departments have focused on helping Roseville achieve its goal where, "the predictability of success is not based on race or ethnicity."

It takes hard work and consistency to get the results we wa...

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Community Development
Posted on: June 16, 2022

Mapping Prejudice in Ramsey County

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On June 16, Mapping Prejudice and partner "Welcoming the Dear Neighbor?" Project at St. Catherine Univ. released a preliminary map of racially-discriminatory property covenants for Ramsey County. The map was developed through review of property records.

An example of a racially-discriminatory covenant included variations of the following language: 

The said premises shall not be sold, mortgaged, leased or occupied by any person or persons who are not members of the Caucasian race, but this shall ...

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Community Development
Posted on: July 1, 2022

Home Improvement Loans for Roseville Residents

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Loans of up to $40,000 for interior or exterior improvements for single family homes and interior improvements for condominium and townhomes. The loan is repaid over 10 years at a 3% interest rate.

  • Interest Rate: 3%
  • Loan Amount: $10,000 - $40,000
  • Loan Term: Up to 10 years
  • Eligible Properties: 1-4 unit owner occupied properties, including condos, townhomes, mobile homes. Properties must be at least 25 years old and estimated value cannot exceed $326,590...
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Community Development
Posted on: January 19, 2022

Roseville is Open to Business

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If one of your resolutions in 2022 is to improve your business or get your business idea off the ground, the City of Roseville and Ramsey County are offering their expertise to you.

Noah Her is a business advisor for the Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers Open to Business program through Ramsey County. Open to Business provides free, confidential business counseling to current and prospective entrepreneurs. Comi...

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Community Development
Posted on: February 23, 2022

Mayor, Council present "State of the City" address

Mayor, Council deliver Roseville State of the City Address

In this year’s State of the City Address, Mayor Dan Roe, City Council members, and City of Roseville staff co-created a video presentation that reviews the work of the City through our long-held community aspirations.

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