City leaders press need for more housing in meeting with new Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation president - Albert Lea Tribune

City leaders press need for more housing in meeting with new Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation president - Albert Lea Tribune

Albert Lea community leaders emphasized the critical need for more housing in the community on Wednesday during an economic overview of the city with the new Southern Minnesota Initiative Foundation president and her predecessor. As part of a five-day tour of the region, SMIF President and CEO Benya Kraus and former SMIF President Tim Penny stopped at the Albert Lea Economic Development Agency office in Albert Lea and had also expected to travel…