Shovel-Ready Certified Sites

Save time and money and eliminate the headache and uncertainty of site selection with a Minnesota Shovel-Ready Certified Site.

Minnesota works closely with communities and property owners to certify that the most time-consuming legal, technical, and regulatory aspects of developing specific commercial and industrial sites are already complete.

Sites certified under the state’s Shovel-Ready program have completed all planning, zoning, surveys, title work, environmental studies, soils analysis, and public infrastructure engineering before the site is offered for sale.

Minnesota’s Shovel-Ready Certified Sites are located in the following communities: