Move Minneapolis, a commuter resources nonprofit, will close at the end of this year after an audit found a “high risk” it had misused federal money, prompting a freeze on its grant payments.
The Metropolitan Council’s auditors found Move Minneapolis’ funding was deeply intermingled with its embattled parent organization, the Minneapolis Regional Chamber. They said they couldn’t tell whether federal funding awarded to promote transportation was part of the more than $200,000 former Chamber CEO Jonathan Weinhagen admitted taking. Weinhagen pleaded guilty to mail fraud last week…