The Eden Prairie Veteran’s Memorial was the beneficiary of a great turnout on a cool sunny morning on September 15. The Eden Prairie Veterans, the City and the Eden Prairie Foundation are teaming up to create a memorial in Purgatory Creek Park to recognize the contributions and sacrifices of Eden Prairie area veterans.
The project is [...]
Monthly Archives: September 2007
Eden Prairie’s Veteran’s Memorial
September 28, 2007 – 1:19 pm
Meeting at the MLC
September 27, 2007 – 5:21 am
I’ve talked before about the City’s membership in an organization called the Municipal Legislative Commission (MLC). The MLC is an organization comprised of 13 Twin Cities metropolitan communities with two essential elements in common: 1) They receive little or no state financial assistance; and, 2) They are net contributors to the metro area’s tax base [...]
Nice Comments
September 26, 2007 – 8:01 am
The City’s regulation of outdoor lawn watering frequently puts us into conflict with citizens. In almost every case, the City is telling the citizen they can’t/shouldn’t do something they want to do. That’s a tough message to get, and to give. Many people don’t take it so well either. It’s our Environmental Coordinator’s (Ms. Leslie [...]
City Budget is in the News
September 21, 2007 – 6:14 am
The City’s 2008-2009 budget process was in the local news again this week. Here are links to two stories about the September 18 City Council meeting that discuss the latest budget discussion on the Council: Eden Prairie News and/or Eden Prairie Sun Current.
Essentially, the Council has asked for a new budget option to consider. They [...]
Congressman Ramstad Retires
September 18, 2007 – 12:23 pm
Minnesota 3rd District Congressional Representative Jim Ramstad announced his retirement from the U.S. House of representatives yesterday in Minnetonka. Congressman Ramstad has always been a good friend to the City of Eden Prairie. His staff gave us first class customer service. Here is the editorial from today’s Star Tribune commenting on his announcement:
Ramstad has shown [...]
Thanks Guest Bloggers, Back To Business
September 17, 2007 – 5:37 am
It was another interesting week of Guest Bloggers last week. We’ve got writing talent in many different corners of our organization. We are thinking about launching a permanent “grab bag” sort of blog that a variety of employees would post to on a once-in-awhile basis. The two recent weeks of Guest Bloggers was a test [...]
Guest blogger Jeff Campbell: An Inside Look At The City’s Employee And Management Safety Committee - A Safer City to Live Work Dream
September 12, 2007 – 4:51 am
In a greatly expanding, dynamic and outstanding community, safety will always comes first. The City of Eden Prairie has continued to include the very essential responsibility of keeping its public as well as its staff as safe and sound as possible. Several years ago when I accepted a position within the City of Eden Prairie’s [...]
Guest blogger Steve Pitkanen: Water Treatment Plant Supervisor
September 11, 2007 – 4:29 am
Hello my name is Steve Pitkanen. If you do not know me already I have a wife (Michelle), 5 children, and 5 grandchildren and have lived in Watertown for the past 20 years. I coached basketball for 29 years, with 4 of those years as the LHS Varsity Girls Head Coach. I have served on [...]
Guest blogger Jessica Brennan - From Intern to Coordinator: A year in the life of a City of Eden Prairie communications professional
September 10, 2007 – 2:00 pm
There are probably many people out there who don’t think the City of Eden Prairie is the most exciting place to work. Sure, Police and Fire have their share of adventures, but what could possibly be exciting and thrilling about working in communications? In our small division, consisting of three full-time staff and a handful [...]
Reliable Electrical Power Is Important
September 6, 2007 – 8:08 am
One of the advantages I have as city manager is that I sit in an organizational/community position where I am made aware of many seemingly unrelated issues. I talk to the Police and hear things from their point of view. I talk with the business community and hear things from their point of view. I [...]
A Last First and A First First
September 4, 2007 – 9:28 am
There aren’t many traditions with this blog. I have been doing it for over four years now. That’s not that long, in the scheme of things. But one thing I do each year is to post my annual First Day of School (FDOS) photo of my kids. Well, it used to be “kids” (plural). Now [...]
