Category Archives: Podcast

Podcast and photos: Dan Carlson retirement party

Last Thursday, the City of Eden Prairie held a retirement party for Police Chief Dan Carlson. (See the album of 30 more party photos.)
I captured the audio of four speeches. Click play to listen. Drag the slider to the segment you want to hear.

Deputy Police Chief Rob Reynolds0:00 to 4:50 (Rob’s speech got [...]

Friday Podcast: Ron Case and Family

Councilmember Ron Case has served the citizens of Eden Prairie as a member of the City Council for twelve years. I had a chance to sit down with Ron and three of his four kids last week to record a podcast for today about what it’s like to be the child of a City official. [...]

Podcasting with The Chiefs

It’s been awhile since I last podcasted. No real good reason for that, other than it adds a couple of steps to the blogging process. I like doing a podcast and I get great reviews on them. I’ll try to be more regular about that in 2007.
I had the great opportunity [...]

Redux: Podcast #8

Something happened (the e-dog chewed it up?) to last Friday’s blog entry titled Podcast #8: A tour of three suburban downtowns, as only a few photos were included.
They’re all there now. Apologies for my goof.

Podcast #8: A tour of three suburban downtowns

I took these photos on a tour we took this week of three downtown/town center projects in the Twin Cities. My podcast describes the tour and aspects of each development.

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Woodbury’ Woodbury Lakes

Burnsville’ Heart of the City
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Podcast #7: child safety and the internet with Officer Bob Barli

I recorded Eden Prairie police officer Bob Barli’s presentation on child internet safety at the Eden Prairie Rotary last week.

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Podcast #5: Hwy 212 construction

You can't miss it if you live in or travel through western Eden Prairie. The construction of Trunk Highway (T.H.) 212 is marching forward from Eden Prairie to points west in Chanhassen and Carver County. I was out there the other day and snapped these four photos. My podcast today is a [...]

Podcast #4: Eden Prairie, Fit City

On Wednesday of this past week, Mayor Tyra-Lukens and I were honored to have State Health Commissioner Dianne Mandernach join us in our City Council Chambers to present us with the official Governor’s Fit City recognition plaque. While she was here, I convinced her to join the Mayor for their first ever [...]

Podcast episode #3: Girls on the Run

I took the opportunity this week to sit down and talk with two of the City’s Recreation Division staff members, Beth Degree and Nicole Weedman, about a program they run together called Girls on the Run.
There are two things I’ve always liked about this program. First, I like the catchy [...]

Podcast episode #2: Open House for Office of Housing and Human Services

I attended the Open House today for our Office of Housing and Human Services (OHHS).  The open house was held at the OHHS office space, which is on the "boutique" (i.e. – basement) level of the Eden Prairie Center.  Our office is right next door to the corporate offices for General Growth Corporation, [...]

Podcast episode #1: soccer, China, administrative assistants

City Manager Scott Neal and I launched the city's podcast today. Topics covered:

The World Cup
The Mayor's trip to China
Recognizing administrative assistants

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