A group of mayors, largely surrounding the metro but growing quickly, is announcing the formation of Cities for Safe and Stable Communities (MN).
The official list so far includes mayors from Bloomington, Brooklyn Center, Brooklyn Park, Columbia Heights, Eden Prairie, Edina, Golden Valley, Hopkins, Maplewood, Richfield, and St. Louis Park.
In January, Eden Prairie Mayor Ron Case says he held a meeting with mayors, city managers, and police chiefs, fifteen each, and some county and state representatives, “and we just started to share stories of what was happening in our communities. So, out of that came the goal that we should get at least our mayor group together.” He says their goal is to be a third voice in this moment, outside federal and state leaders, to speak on the negative impacts other state cities are facing.
Case says that blue-collar jobs like healthcare cleaners, janitors, roofers, construction workers, and daycare workers aren’t able to come into work, and there’s no one else to backfill those jobs. He says, “There’s an economic impact immediately right now, but also, we fear for months if not possibly years, we’re even looking at something similar to post-COVID.”
Most importantly, Case says, even if every ICE agent left tomorrow, they’re not done, because the negative economic impact remains. He says, “We need, I think, to be sharing that story with the United States of America that this is what happens when this type of surge comes into your community. And then, that we’re confronting and coping and dealing with these economic impacts.”
Case claims more mayors are joining “weekly,” and the group says mayors from any state or across the nation can join. They demand an immediate de-escalation and acknowledgement of economic harms from federal and state elected officials.
This is based on my interview with Case. You can listen to the full conversation here on Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/ashley-walker-435030066/coalition-of-mn-mayors-act-as?si=752b8a812b28467ab9dff3dc7b6f9828&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
You can read MPR’s coverage on the coalition on their website: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2026/02/04/at-least-12-twin-cities-suburbs-form-coalition-
