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STATE OF MINNESOTA, DISTRICT COURT COUNTY OF RAMSEY SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT EMERGE Community Development, a Court Fite: Minnesota non-profit corporation, idee eee ine Case Type: Other Civil Other Contract Plaimti, Minnesota Department of Employment fees acne and Economic Development; and Shawntera Hardy in her capacity as Commissioner of the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development, Defendants. VERIFIED COMPLAINT FOR INJUNCTIVE AND OTHER RELIEF Plintiff EMERGECommunity Development, a Minnesota non-profit corporation (CEMERGE"), for its Verified Complaint against defendants Shawntera Hardy (Commissioner Hardy"), Commissioner, and Minnesota Department of Employment ‘and Economie Development (“DEED”), states and alleges as follows: Nature of Claim for Relief 1, EMERGE Community Development is a “one-stop” hub for an array of services that helps ereate economic opportunity and vitality in the north Minneapolis and Cedar Riverside communities. Each year, EMERGE helps connect more than 3,000 low income, primarily peopl of color, to employment training, job placement and other in- demand social services, EMERGE operates over twenty programs and four social enterprises in seven Twin Cites locations that give people a chance to strengthen job skills through temporary employment opportunities. Through this network of support, EMERG is better able to meet the unique needs of people who face multiple bares to

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