About Us
Jon Commers, Principal
Jon's background includes project management of municipal financing ranging from $250,000 to over $100 million. Projects focus on navigating placemakers - planners, developers, engineers - through public finance and the property tax system. Jon also writes the Cents of Place blog, a forum for discussion of the financial issues around placemaking.In addition to his work with Donjek, Jon is a member of the Planning Commission for the City of St. Paul, Minnesota. He has served as a Fellow at the University of Minnesota's Humphrey Institute Policy Forum, and as an Adjunct Professor of Economics at the College of Saint Catherine. Jon holds an MBA (University of Saint Thomas, St. Paul, MN) and a BA in History and Political Economy (Carleton College, Northfield, MN). He lives in St. Paul with his family.