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City of Edina 4801 W. 50th St. Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Jordan Gilgenbach, Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-826-0396 jgilgenbach@EdinaMN.gov EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
New Discussion On ‘Speak Up, Edina!’
Edina, Minn., March 1, 2016 – The City’s next online discussion is now available at SpeakUpEdina.org. The
discussion, which focuses on advertising, is available until April 11.
The City has sold advertising for many years to help offset the production costs of some of its publications.
Currently, advertising space is sold in the City's About Town magazine, the Senior Center's The Times
newsletter and the Parks & Recreation Department's Activities Directory. The City also sells advertising space
on dasherboards in Braemar Arena’s west and Backyard rinks, on season tickets at Braemar Arena and tee
dividers at the Braemar Golf Dome.
In this discussion, the City asks what residents think about the amount of advertising in the City’s publications
compared to the content; whether they patronize the business that advertise with the City; if the City should
sell more advertising at facilities; and if the City should consider expanding advertising to water towers,
parking ramps, billboards and more. Feedback from this discussion will be compiled and presented to the City
Council April 19.
In the February discussion, the City has been gathering feedback on volunteerism. In the discussion, the City
asks whether residents volunteer any of their time and why, in what capacity they volunteer, what volunteer
opportunities they’d like to participate in that don’t currently exist in Edina, and if they would volunteer for
the City itself once a formal volunteer program is in place. The discussion is open until March 7. Feedback
from this discussion will be compiled and presented to the City Council March 15.
To weigh in on a discussion, visit SpeakUpEdina.org.
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