The Capital City Partnership is a private/non-profit corporation funded by over 50 larger Twin Cities metropolitan area businesses dedicated to revitalizing the urban core of Saint Paul. Labosky has led private sector efforts to secure the new Minnesota Wild NHL Expansion franchise for the city and construct the new $175 million Xcel Energy Center, and to create the new Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework (master plan). He led efforts to bring Lawson Software to St. Paul and develop a new $100 million office complex. He has also led partnership efforts in downtown Saint Paul that has resulted in $1.7 billion of new downtown construction, 1.5 million square feet of new office space absorption, 20% per year increases in property values and 18,000 new jobs created. The success of the Capital City Partnership has been recognized with a series of national and state awards including the U.S. Conference of Mayors Award of Excellence-as the nation’s best public/private partnership.

Labosky has an educational background in architecture, engineering, and law and possesses professional registrations in both engineering and law. He received a Bachelor of Architectural Engineering degree in 1971 from Penn State and a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Detroit School of Law in 1978