Birchwood

Birchwood

Birchwood Neighborhood

Boundaries:

• North: Burlington Northern Railroad
• South: Minnetonka Boulevard
• East: Highway 100
• West: CP Railroad

City Council Ward:
The Birchwood neighborhood is in Ward 1. For your council representative's name, click here.

Neighborhood Characteristics:

• Birchwood occupies 266.3 acres or about 26 residential blocks.
• Birchwood has two neighborhood parks: Sunshine Park and Birchwood Park.
• Birchwood is in the Peter Hobart/Susan Lindgren elementary school attendance boundary.
• The northwest portion of the neighborhood is a designated wetland and floodplain.
• Parks & open space - 5.4 percent
• Commercial/industrial - 12.8 percent
• Birchwood has a total of 1,037 housing units (629 single family homes, 159 townhouses, 245 apartment units and 4 duplexes).
• Many homes were built in the early 1900's to take advantage of streetcar lines. After that, a few homes were built each year bringing the average age of homes to 1948.
• Population - 2213 (2000 Census)

Upcoming Events

• There are currently no events planned.  Thanks to everyone that helped and/or attended the Birchwood Summer Neighborhood Picnic.  

Neighborhood Association Contacts

• The Birchwood Neighborhood has had a neighborhood group since 1996. The neighborhood association sponsors a book club, picnic, progressive dinner , movie nights and winter party.
• For more information about the neighborhood association, contact Neighborhood Association chairperson Kathryn McKeen at (952) 915-1764

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