1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to economic development; appropriating money for a grant to the 
1.3 	Neighborhood Development Center.
1.4 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.5 	Section 1. NEIGHBORHOOD DEVELOPMENT CENTER.
 1.6 	$200,000 in fiscal year 2012 and $200,000 in fiscal year 2013 are appropriated 
1.7 	from the general fund to the commissioner of employment and economic development 
1.8 	for a grant to the Neighborhood Development Center for developing and supporting 
1.9 	entrepreneurial skills and job creation in communities served by the Neighborhood 
1.10 	Development Center. Funds may be used for activities including, but not limited to: 
1.11 	business plan training, business workshops, technical assistance to small business owners, 
1.12 	development and support of business incubators, entrepreneurial network development, 
1.13 	and the expansion of entrepreneurial capacity in communities.