Last week the Minnesota Department of Employment and Economic Development (DEED) awarded $4.7 million in land redevelopment money for 8 different projects across the state including one here in Northfield. According to a statement sent to KYMN Radio, The Redevelopment Grant Program helps communities with the costs of redeveloping blighted industrial, residential or commercial sites and putting land back into productive use. Since its inception in 1998, the Redevelopment Grant Program has made 262 awards worth more than $87.6 million in grants funding.