Long-range planning is a collaborative process that brings together state agencies, communities, businesses, and residents to shape Minnesota’s future. It sets a shared vision and strategies to address key challenges through decisions that reflect the values and needs of Minnesotans today and generations from now.
Use an inclusive and sound process to identify critical issues that matter most for Minnesota’s future.
Align and coordinate planning process with experts and key partners.
Support implementation of plans and tracking of recommendations.
Build a pipeline of new planning and policy leaders across Minnesota.
The Long-Range Planning Team at Minnesota Management & Budget helps state government think ahead. Created by statute in 2023 and launched in early 2025, our non-partisan team supports long-term planning across agencies and with communities. We focus on smart use of public resources to improve life for Minnesotans now and in the future.
Our duty is to serve future generations and honor our natural, public, and fiscal resources.
We dream courageously to redefine today’s challenges as opportunities to build a better Minnesota.
We embrace innovation and imagination, drawing on the range of human expression.
We amplify the voices, cultural knowledge, and lived experiences of Minnesotans. We act to benefit historically underrepresented people and strengthen the whole community.
We kindle collective effort that builds trust, transparency, and accountability to achieve shared outcomes.
