This past Friday morning Eden Prairie hosted a meeting of southwest metro elected officials and city managers to hear a presentation on the Met Council’s 2030 Regional Development Framework plan from Metropolitan Council Chair Peter Bell. That’s Peter Bell seated in the brown sport jacket.
The 2030 Framework is, essentially, the Met Council’s strategic plan for the time period between now and 2030. There is a lot to plan for. Demographers are predicting that the Twin Cities will add nearly 1,000,000 people to the metro area by 2030. This new population will require jobs, homes, water, sewer, roads, parks, hospitals, schools, etc.
The 2030 Framework is the start of that metro wide planning process. Chairman Bell is kicking off the planning effort by meeting with local elected and appointed officials to talk about the Framework and seek their support and feedback. We had 90 minutes with Bell to talk about the southwest metro area. He’s a very busy man, so this opportunity was a valuable one.
