Neighborhood Information
sort: title | dateAdopt-a-Park or Garden in Your Neighborhood
updated: Monday, April 09, 2012Volunteer to monitor your neighborhood park or garden. Adopt a Park or Garden volunteers can choose to plant, maintain the annual garden and/or patrol their park each week during the summer, keep the park litter free, and report any vandalism or needed repairs. Volunteers may adopt the park or garden of their choice (providing it...
Block Captains Wanted
updated: Tuesday, April 03, 2012The St. Louis Park Police Department is recruiting interested citizens to become Block Captains. Are you unsure if your block is organized? Contact Community Outreach Officer Ken Sysko at (952)924-2661 or E-Mail ksysko@stlouispark.org to see if your block is organized and for further information. For more information on the Block...
Block Parties
updated: Thursday, March 08, 2012If your application is approved, you will be able to pick up orange traffic cones to block off your street. Cones should be reserved at least one week before the street closure by calling (952) 924-2562. Cones are available at the Municipal Service Center, 7305 Oxford Street, which is open Monday through Friday from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p....
Garage Sales
updated: Tuesday, May 01, 2012After your sale is over, please consider donating unsold household items to a charity rather than throwing them away. You'll reduce the amount of garbage sent to incinerators while helping a worthy cause. Some charities - The Salvation Army, for example - will pick up items from your home. For more information, call your favorite charitable organization...
Meeting Rooms
updated: Monday, April 02, 2012St. Louis Park neighborhood groups and civic organizations can reserve meeting rooms in City Hall at no charge. St. Louis Park youth associations, teams and clubs may reserve meeting rooms at the Rec Center and park pavilions at no charge as long as no food is served. If food is served, there is a small fee. Other groups may use the Rec Center meeting...
National Night Out
Each year, Neighborhood Watch block captains throughout St. Louis Park organize block parties to celebrate National Night Out and neighborhood associations organize larger events throughout the city. You do not need to be a block captain to organize a National Night Out event for your neighbors. National Night Out packets will be sent to block captains...
Neighborhood Associations
updated: Wednesday, May 02, 2012Many of St. Louis Park's 35 neighborhoods are represented by an organized neighborhood association. These groups can rally residents together to solve a problem or voice an opinion on a special issue. They can also hold neighborhood get-togethers, organize park clean-ups, or share services (trading home maintenance for child care, for example)....
Neighborhood Watch Block Captains
updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012In partnership with the St. Louis Park Police Department, block captains help maintain the safety and well being of their neighborhood by coordinating Neighborhood Watch activities for their block. Each block captain helps develop and maintain ongoing communication between the block's residents and the Police Department. Block captains organize...
Neighborhood Watch Program
updated: Wednesday, May 16, 2012Each participating block has a block captain who serves as a liaison between the block and the Police Department. Block captains distribute crime alert fliers to their neighbors, participate in National Night Out Against Crime block parties, and hold one block meeting a year. New block captains participate in an annual training session where they...
Rules for Posting Signs
updated: Tuesday, April 17, 2012Open house, for sale, for rent and other temporary signs cannot be posted on public property trees or public right-of-way, including
- Curbside areas of lawns
- Utility poles
- Traffic signs.
Signs placed on public property will be removed.
City ordinance also regulates the size and placement of permanent signs.
For more information, contact Zoning Administrator Gary Morrison at
- (952) 924-2592
- gmorrison@stlouispark.org
