The federal Community Development Block Grant Program provides annual grants on a formula basis to Dakota County, which then distributes funds to participating cities and townships.

The Dakota County CDA’s Redevelopment Program provides staff expertise to cities for redevelopment activities.

The Dakota County CDA’s Redevelopment Incentive Grant Program was created in 2006 to assist cities with redevelopment goals and promote the development of affordable workforce and supportive housing.

Dakota County and Dakota County cities have been working together to strive towards Dakota County’s Strategic Initiatives for Economic Development in order to enhance and coordinate economic conditions at a local level.

Open To Business is a partnership between the Dakota County CDA, Dakota County cities, and the Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers (MCCD).

The Dakota County CDA is an investor partner in Greater MSP.

With U.S. internet traffic growth anticipated to increase at least fourteen times over what it is now by 2015, eleven Dakota County cities and the Dakota County CDA have launched an educational campaign about why residents and businesses need to insist on next generation broadband to meet the needs of citizens.