Energy, housing, child care and more among projects in Crookston Development's focus

Energy, housing, child care and more among projects in Crookston Development's focus

CROOKSTON, Minn. — Crookston Community Development Director Karie Kirschbaum has a list of projects on her mind and funding in her agency's pocket to carry them out. One such piece of funding is directed toward housing, with a grant of $150,000 from Minnesota’s Local Housing Trust Fund Program, matched by Crookston to equal $300,000. “We are working on building housing, along with everybody else in the world,” she said. Kirschbaum is also lookin…