News & Updates
sort: title | dateWest Metro Home Remodeling Fair
updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012The West Metro Home Remodeling Fair is fast approaching. The annual event provides residents with ideas, information and resources to promote improvements to housing. Exhibitors include remodeling contractors, architects, landscapers, financial lenders, city inspectors and more. The Home Remodeling Fair is a free event sponsored by the cities of Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, Golden Valley and Hopkins as well as the Minnetonka, St. Louis Park, and Hopkins Community Education programs.
- 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
- Sunday, February 26th
- Eisenhower Community Center, 1001 Highway 7, Hopkins
For more information, www.homeremodelingfair.com
U of MN Students complete Capstone Project
updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012Four students, Anders Imboden, Lindsey Knutson, Lyssa Leitner and Kelly Muellman, from the U of MN Humphrey Institute recently completed their Capstone Project -“Heart of the Park,” which examined the Lake Street/Wooddale Avenue area in St. Louis Park. The purpose of their project was to assess the economic and community development...
Beltline Station Design Guidelines
updated: Wednesday, January 25, 2012Beltline Station Area Design Guidelines Planning Process
Project purpose: To have a community process to allow residential and business neighbors to be involved in preparing a set of design guidelines for future redevelopment and for improvements in the Beltline light rail transit station area.
The intent of the Guidelines is to provide clear direction for developers and property owners seeking to redevelop or enhance properties within the station area. The guidelines will help to define how development should proceed to maximize the benefit to the property owner and the regional systems in the area.
November 29, 2011 Beltline Open House Kick-off meeting for developing the Beltline Station Area Design Guidelines:
Presentation:
Presentation 11-29-2011
Presentation Boards:
Input Character and Development
Input Connectivity
Input Strengths and Weaknesses
Questionnaire:
Questionnaire
Upcoming Meeting:
Beltline LRT Station Area Advisory Committee for Design Guidelines
Wednesday, January 25, 2012 6 to 8p.m.
36th and Monterey/Beltline-1st Floor Conference Room
For further information, please contact Meg McMonigal, Planning and Zoning Supervisor, mmcmonigal@stlouispark.org or 952-924-2573.
Test drive your business idea for free
updated: Tuesday, January 17, 2012As part of its Open to Business Program, the City of St. Louis Park is collaborating with the Metropolitan Consortium of Community Developers (MCCD) to provide one-on-one counseling with a business advisor. This is an opportunity to help prospective and existing entrepreneurs with planning and organizing their business ideas, financial management...
St. Louis Park to dismiss appeal
updated: Thursday, January 05, 2012Jan. 4, 2012 - The St. Louis Park City Council voted Tuesday to direct the City Attorney to take the necessary steps to dismiss its appeal of the decision by the Minnesota Department of Transportation (MnDOT) not to require the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) in connection with the potential rerouting of freight rail traffic...
Staying Informed
updated: Thursday, December 29, 2011Fire Station Plans Approved
updated: Thursday, December 29, 2011Both buildings incorporate energy efficient and environmentally sound design in accordance with the St. Louis Park’s Green Building Policy. The design includes use of passive solar energy and day-lighting; regionally-sourced, recycled, and low VOC emission materials; high efficiency boilers and chillers; and best management practices for...
St. Louis Park earns praise from residents
updated: Thursday, December 29, 2011Morris said that underpinning the quality of life rating is the connectedness among neighbors. Residents feel at ease with them, and more important, feel they can rely upon them if the need arose. The participation in neighborhood activities is among the highest in the metropolitan area, and the strength and cohesiveness of neighborhoods now even exceeds...
100 Best Communities for Young People for the 5th consecutive time
updated: Thursday, December 29, 2011St. Louis Park has achieved national recognition as one of America’s Promise Alliance’s 100 Best Communities for Young People presented by ING for the fifth consecutive time for its initiatives to help young people. The competition recognizes communities across the country that focus on reducing high school dropout rates and providing...
Staying Connected
updated: Tuesday, December 27, 2011The city has combined the Park Perspective newsletter with its Parks & Recreation brochure that is published annually in August, December and March. The elimination of three issues of Park Perspective does not mean residents will be less connected to city news, however. In fact, the city has more ways than ever to stay connected, including two...
Applications Available for 2012 Arts & Culture Grants
Applications are now available for the 2012 St. Louis Park Arts & Culture Grant Program. The program highlights St. Louis Park’s commitment to promoting and integrating arts, culture, and community aesthetics in all city initiatives. Because St. Louis Park residents feel so strongly about the value of arts and culture, the City of St...
City named one of the "100 Best Communities for Young People" for the 4th time
updated: Wednesday, December 14, 2011“St. Louis Park received this recognition because there are so many people on the team to put our children first. We aren’t perfect, but we’re making the grade. In terms of the award we have a 4.0. All four years America’s Promise has named the nation’s best communities for young people, St. Louis Park has been...
Tree Pruning
updated: Monday, December 05, 2011Beginning the week of January 2nd, 2012 and continuing through March, the City will continue its rotational tree pruning cycle. This work is performed by a contractor hired by the city and is intended to improve the health, safety and function of all of our boulevard trees. This project is intended to prune each boulevard tree once every 9 years...
Urban Coyotes in St. Louis Park
updated: Friday, December 02, 2011According the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, most coyotes avoid people and domestic animals, but occasionally they will kill sheep, turkeys and calves. They may also raid garbage cans and kill domestic cats and small dogs. Healthy wild coyotes avoid people, and no attacks have ever occurred in Minnesota. However, attacks by urban coyotes...
St. Louis Park mourning death of officer
updated: Friday, December 02, 2011"The St. Louis Park Police Department and the entire St. Louis Park Community are mourning the death of Police Officer Mike Pollitz this week. At approximately 2:19 p.m. on Wednesday, November 30th, Officer Pollitz experienced an acute medical emergency while on duty. Officer Pollitz’s condition deteriorated rapidly into cardiac arrest...
Find us on Facebook!
updated: Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Northside Park Reconstruction
The project involves relocating and reconstructing the parking lot; adding curb and gutter to accommodate storm water runoff; constructing sediment pond(s) in partnership with the fire station project for environmental and watershed issues; update the concession stand building; relocate and reconstruct the two existing ball fields; construct an additional...
Outstanding Citizen Award Program
updated: Tuesday, November 08, 2011A nomination form is provided by the City to serve as a cover and guideline for the submission of nominations. The nomination must include a statement by the nominator, either on the form or attached to it, specifically explaining why the nominated individual is worthy of receiving the award. The nomination must also include adequate supporting...
Sprinkling Restrictions
updated: Wednesday, October 19, 2011To conserve water, St. Louis Park prohibits lawn sprinkling between noon and 6 p.m. In addition, all households and businesses must follow an odd/even schedule when sprinkling lawns. If your address ends with an odd number, you water on odd calendar days (1st, 3rd, 5th, etc.), likewise if your address ends with an even number, you water on even...
Eliot School Site
updated: Wednesday, October 12, 2011Eliot School Site Re-use Process
The St. Louis Park School District and the City are working together with the community to develop a plan and guidelines for redeveloping the Eliot School site.
The Eliot School Design Guidelines have been drafted and are available for review.
Click Here for Design Guidelines.
For further information, please contact Meg McMonigal, Planning and Zoning Supervisor, mmcmonigal@stlouispark.org or 952-924-2573.
Snow and Ice Removal FAQs
updated: Thursday, October 06, 2011A. When there is a large amount of snow present, snow storage in the medians, boulevards and alleys becomes sparse or non-existent in most places in the city. With boulevards generally being no more than four to five feet wide and alleys having 10 feet or less driving area, snow storage space is in short supply. The fallout from this shortage is that...
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- West Metro Home Remodeling Fair
- Capstone Project
- Beltline Station Design Guidelines
- Open For Business
- St. Louis Park to dismisses appeal
- Staying Informed
- Fire Station Plans Approved
- 2011 Community Survey
- 100 Best Communities for Young People
- Staying Connected
- 2012 Arts & Culture Grants
- 100 Best
- Tree Pruning 2012
- Urban Coyotes
- St. Louis Park mourning death of officer
- Find us on Facebook!
- Northside Park Reconstruction
- Outstanding Citizen Award Program
- Sprinkling Restrictions
- Eliot School Site
- Snow and Ice Removal FAQs
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