Minnesota HF1561 allocates $6,000,000 for FilmNorth to renovate a facility in St. Paul.

Minnesota HF1561 provides a onetime appropriation of $6,000,000 from the general fund for the commissioner of employment and economic development to grant to FilmNorth, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The funds are intended to renovate property at 2447 University Avenue West in St. Paul, which will serve as a multiuse facility. This facility will include a workforce training center for film industry jobs, an archive for short films, documentaries, experimental films, and narrative films made by Minnesota media artists, a soundstage, a community events space, and affordable office space.

Minnesota HF1561 allocates $6,000,000 for FilmNorth to renovate a facility in St. Paul.

Minnesota HF1561 provides a onetime appropriation of $6,000,000 from the general fund for the commissioner of employment and economic development to grant to FilmNorth, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization. The funds are intended to renovate property at 2447 University Avenue West in St. Paul, which will serve as a multiuse facility. This facility will include a workforce training center for film industry jobs, an archive for short films, documentaries, experimental films, and narrative films made by Minnesota media artists, a soundstage, a community events space, and affordable office space.