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