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The plan has several goals, like creating more safe walking distance access to stores, schools and greenspace, reducing the number of people who spend a large percentage of their incomes on utilities and reducing carbon emissions 65% by 2025, among others.
A “stretch code” proposal by state Rep. Jamie Long would allow “cities to move a year or two quicker than the state and essentially pilot the new energy code once it’s adopted,” the Minneapolis Democrat said.
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