Minnesota Infrastructure Alliance (formerly Minnesota 2050)

Who We Are: The Minnesota Infrastructure Alliance (MnIA), formerly known as Minnesota 2050 (MN2050), is a coalition of professional organizations striving to provide and maintain safe and sustainable infrastructure across Minnesota.

Mission: To increase awareness of infrastructure and infrastructure needs, and articulate a convincing case for increased investment in Minnesota infrastructure through a coordinated voice and communication of unified comprehensive needs.

Visit the MnIA website: https://www.mninfrastructure.org/.

MnIA's three main goals are to:

• Increase public awareness about the importance and extent of all of our state’s infrastructure, why it's important, and careers in public infrastructure.
• Establish a platform to help professionals research, collaborate, and advance our infrastructure management message.
• Engage policy makers by educating, informing, and influencing sound infrastructure investments via state and local legislators. 

MN2050 organization was started in December 2009, following a meeting coordinated by the Minnesota chapters of APWA and ASCE. The meeting included representatives from the University of Minnesota, the engineering community, transportation lobbying organizations, the Legislature, and a local elected official. The educators, engineers, and lobbyists generally described infrastructure issues -- including the importance of adequate infrastructure funding. The elected officials stressed the importance of delivering the infrastructure message directly to the public. In mid-2011, the MN2050 organization name was reserved as a non-profit organization.
 

Steering Committee

MnIA is led by a Steering Committee comprised of the following members:

• Michelle Stockness, Freshwater - Chair
• Amy Grothaus, Braun Intertec - Liaison to APWA-MN Executive Committee
• Jeannine Clancy, TKDA
• Jonathan Curry, ACEC/MN
• Margaret Donohoe, Minnesota Transportation Alliance
• Brad Henry, University of Minnesota
• Katie Zadrozny, American Engineering Testing

 

To learn more:

• MnIA Vision, Mission and Goals
• 2023.12.06 Meeting Minutes
• 2023.12.06 Meeting Power Point
• 2023 Qtr. 4 Talking Points
• 2023.09.06 Meeting Minutes
• 2023.09.06 Meeting Power Point
• 2023 Qtr. 3 Talking Points
• May 2023 Session Talking Points
• Meeting Minutes 4-20-2023
• MnIA About Us - Feb. 2023
• MN2050 Partner Meeting Notes and Power Point 9-22-22
• MN2050 Partner Meeting Notes and Power Point 4-28-22
• Watch YouTube video of the recent reintroduction of MN2050. 
• See the APWA-MN MN2050 Committee page.
• Watch the trailer previewing two, one-hour documentaries by MN2050 and Twin Cities Public Television.