It’s dry. It’s hot. And the City’s ability to keep up with the demand for water has almost reached a breaking point.
Over the weekend, the City had to issue a press release asking for an increased level of compliance from Eden Prairie citizens with our current outdoor watering restrictions. These restrictions include no watering between [...]
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.
I did a presentation today at the Senior Center for an audience of about 20 people about the results of the City’s “Senior Readiness Survey.” The Senior Readiness Survey was developed in 2001 by the Minnesota Board of Aging. The survey was developed for communities to use as an assessment tool to see how “ready” [...]
Eden Prairie, Minnesota, has a theme song. If you haven’t heard it yet, check it out at the City’s website: City of Eden Prairie, Minnesota.
And what makes this theme song even better is that it was written by our own Economic Development Manager David Lindahl. It is performed by David and an old friend, David [...]
I have been appointed by the League of Minnesota Cities to represent the organization on a state-wide intergovernmental task force that is studying the issues related to state and local governments accepting credit and debit card payments for services. The task force was established by the State Legislature during the 2006 legislative session to study [...]
I’ve said it before, and I’m sure I’ll say it again someday, but producing and distributing safe drinking water to Eden Prairie homes and businesses is one of the most important functions of the City. 60,000 people could not live together in 36 square miles without safe water and dependable sewer services. Without either [...]
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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The Metropolitan Council released a report this week (click here to see it) which shared its findings about Twin Cities regional population growth. The report shows that the Twin Cities metro area continues to add population. Blaine is the fastest growing city in the metro area during the 2000-2005 study period with a growth of [...]
The City dedicated its new Staring Lake Park Off-Leash Dog Park yesterday. The new off-leash dog park at Staring Lake Park is located just east of the new archery range and north of the Cummins-Grill Historic Homestead. There is a small parking lot there that offers ample parking and short trail down to the dog [...]
Yesterday morning, Money magazine made its annual announcement of its “Best Places to Live”. As you might imagine, this is a list that every city wants to make. Eden Prairie made the list! In fact, Eden Prairie made the Money’s Top Ten. Money magazine ranked Eden Prairie as the 10th Best Place To Live in [...]
That’s me on the right and Jim Bergstrom on the left. Jim was, as of last Friday, July 14, an officer in our Police Department. Last Friday was Jim’s last day of work for the City of Eden Prairie. Jim’s lovely wife Julie snapped this photo of Jim and me just before we sat down [...]
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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There is an interesting article in today’s Star Tribune concerning the increase in housing density in Twin Cities suburbs. The increase in housing density is attributed to the increase in condo and townhouse developments. Accompanying the article in the newspaper (but, unfortunately, not in the online version of the article) is a graphic that shows [...]
The entry road that connects Eden Prairie City Center to Mitchell Road was closed today to allow for a substantial maintenance project. If you need to access our building, you will need to use the Scenic Heights Road entrance. The asphalt will be milled off of the existing road bed and removed. Any bad sections [...]
Today was the first day of Safety Camp. Safety Camp is one of the most popular youth programs offered by the City. The Safety Camp concept was originated right here in Eden Prairie. Kids have the opportunity to meet Police Officers, Firefighters, 911 dispatchers, and other public safety officials close-up and in an environment that [...]
