It’s one of the most recognizable logos in American business - and it’s coming to Eden Prairie. Harley-Davidson is building a new retail store here in Eden Prairie. It will be at the site of the current LaMetry’s Collision Center. LaMetry’s is moving up the hill to the site of the former Land Rover dealership.
There [...]
Monthly Archives: June 2007
Harley is Coming to Eden Prairie
June 29, 2007 – 12:04 pm
Outdoor Watering Restriction Are In Effect
June 28, 2007 – 11:18 am
In our 2006 Quality of Life Survey, the polling company hired by the City asked a statistically reliable sample of Eden Prairie residents if they were aware of the City’s outdoor watering restrictions. 94% of the respondents said they were aware of the restrictions. Since the middle of June, we’ve been hearing quite a bit [...]
Jeff Strate
June 22, 2007 – 7:52 am
In the mood for some quality entertainment tonight? Well alright then. Catch Eden Prairie’s own Jeff Strate KTCA (Channel 2)TV’s Almanac tonight at 7pm.
Jeff is an Eden Prairie resident. He is a tireless advocate for Eden Prairie’s natural environment. He pays attention to what the City is doing in the areas of parks, open space [...]
Curly Pondweed is Bad
June 21, 2007 – 5:56 am
It’s all right there in the title of this blog post: Curly pondweed is bad. It’s bad for Minnesota lakes. It might be fine in some other ecosystem’s lakes in this world, but in Minnesota lakes - it’s a menace. And right now, it’s menacing Anderson Lakes. There is a pretty good article by Laurie [...]
Fighting Fires
June 20, 2007 – 7:42 am
By now I’m guessing that most people have heard something about the tragedy in Charleston, South Carolina where nine members of the Charleston Fire Department lost their lives fighting a fire at the Sofa Super Store. I have included a link to a short story about the fire in today’s New York Times. This photo [...]
Technology Drive Spruces Up
June 14, 2007 – 5:43 am
Technology Drive is an east-west street on the south side of Trunk Highway 5. It carries a fair amount of traffic from Mitchell Road to Prairie Center Drive and back again. It serves St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church, ADC, MTS, SouthWest Station, Wells Fargo Financial and the City’s Water Treatment Plant along this stretch. West of [...]
Round Lake Beach is Open
June 11, 2007 – 1:55 pm
We held a beach party at Round Lake Beach this past Saturday to celebrate the re-opening of Round Lake Beach. This is a great photo from the event. Back by the rope is Mayor Phil Young. That’s one of his boys with him. He helped christen the beach by taking a dip in the lake [...]
Eden Prairie 1,000 - Sprint-Nextel 0
June 8, 2007 – 8:01 am
The City and Sprint-Nextel settled a dispute this week with the City Council’s approval of the official settlement agreement at our June 5 Council meeting. If you live in Eden Prairie or Hennepin County, work here, travel through here, or pay taxes here, please read on because this settlement is a good thing for you. [...]
Special Airport Workshop
June 5, 2007 – 9:58 am
The City Council will hold a special workshop session on Monday, June 11, at 6 pm in the Heritage Rooms here at Eden Prairie City Center to discuss Flying Cloud Airport. The City has been receiving feedback and input from citizens regarding what the City’s relationship with the airport should be. Should the City encourage [...]
Meet & Greet at MakeMusic
June 4, 2007 – 8:07 am
Mayor Young, Economic Development Manager David Lindahl and I did a Business Meet & Greet visit last week to an Eden Prairie company called MakeMusic.
I’ve talked about our Business Meet & Greet program before in this blog, but it has been awhile. The program is simple. We make an appointment with the owner, manager, CEO [...]
