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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Krystal Caron, Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-826-0347 • kcaron@EdinaMN.gov • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Creek Knoll Becomes City-Recognized Neighborhood Association
Edina, Minn., Feb. 26, 2015 – The Creek Knoll Neighborhood completed the process to become a City
of Edina recognized neighborhood association on Feb. 12. The City now has eight recognized neighborhoods,
including Creek Knoll, Chowen Park, Countryside, Concord, Morningside, Normandale Park, Pamela Park and
Strachauer Park.
“Creek Knoll is one of the smallest and most unique in all of Edina. There are just over 100 homes that live on
the quiet, mostly dead-end streets in the northeast corner of the City,” explained Creek Knoll resident and
Neighborhood Steering Committee co-member Tim O’Neill. “Many of us were already meeting for monthly
social events. We [are trying] to rally all 100 of our neighbors to join NextDoor so we could communicate
efficiently about topics that impact our neighborhood.”
Edina established a City-recognized process for neighborhoods within the last two years, so the process is still
new for Edina residents. To become a City-recognized neighborhood association, neighborhoods must establish
an organizing team of interested and involved community members, notify City staff that they are interested in
becoming recognized, host a neighborhood-wide meeting and submit an application to the City.
Recognized neighborhoods are often more involved in the early stages of projects and initiatives happening in
their area and have more opportunities to communicate with the City. Becoming recognized also gives the City
another channel to connect with residents. The City communicates with City-recognized neighborhoods when
significant neighborhood projects are being discussed or proposed, public hearings are held about issues that
could impact a neighborhood, a developer requests a neighborhood meeting for the purpose of reviewing a
sketch plan or when the City plans to organize a neighborhood group for resident input.
“Edina constantly has activity that yields community engagement. Edina’s recognized neighborhood association
program creates a platform for the City not only to share information directly with the neighborhood
associations, but neighborhood associations have the ability to communicate back to the City,” said City of
Edina Project Coordinator MJ Lamon. “Neighbors are recognizing the value of organizing a neighborhood
association and getting involved with the City.”
For more information about establishing a City of Edina-recognized neighborhood association, contact Lamon at
952-826-0360 or neighborhoods@EdinaMN.gov. For more information, visit
www.EdinaMN.gov/Neighborhoods.
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