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Study to Identify New Ways to Support Walking and Biking
Every 10 years, the City of Edina updates its Comprehensive Plan to provide
an outline for future development. Coinciding with this year’s update, the
Engineering Department’s Transportation Division is completing a Pedestrian &
Bicycle Master Plan.
“We want to be a healthy community. We want to provide the infrastructure and
amenities to give our residents every opportunity to be healthy,” said Transportation
Planner Mark Nolan. “We want people to be able to live, work and play here for
their whole lives, so that’s why we’re talking to kids, seniors and people of all ages.”
To complete the Pedestrian & Bike Master Plan, the City of Edina and its
consultants, Community Design Group and SEH, Inc., have been holding
meetings and reaching out to community members online. In-person meetings
are being held for specific user groups, such as seniors, low-income residents
and minority groups, and feedback was collected through an online survey and
interactive map.
“The big questions are about what community members want to see as the
future of walkability and bikeability in Edina. We want to know what’s going to
make it easier for them as they live, work or visit Edina,” said Community Design
Group Director Antonio Rosell. “Edina has made tremendous strides over the
years. The City has added almost 14 miles of new biking lanes and 8 miles of
sidewalks since the last master plan was completed in 2007.
“We want to have as many people participate as we can,” said Rosell. “We want
all of the different cultures, socioeconomic groups, homeowners, multi-family
housing residents, and high- and low-income residents to get involved. We don’t
want a plan that has fantastic recommendations, but doesn’t take into account the
needs of seniors, multi-family housing residents or people who don’t own a car.”
After the study has been compiled in November, Community Design Group will
develop a summary document and provide a vision and set of principles that will
guide the City as new developments and improvements are proposed. Several
more meetings will be held throughout the process so residents can continue to
provide feedback.
“The report will also offer recommendations on where to put bikeways,
sidewalks and crosswalks, as well as suggestions to increase engagement and
support for the biking and walking culture in Edina,” Nolan explained.
To learn more about upcoming meetings or offer your feedback, visit
EdinaMN.gov/PedBikePlan or contact Nolan at 952-826-0322 or mnolan@EdinaMN.gov.
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Windsource Offers Clean,
Renewable Energy Option
Residents Can Take Part Each Month for
Less Than the Cost of a Latte
Residents, business owners and the City of Edina are taking
advantage of renewable resources to power the community
with carbon-free energy.
One of the low-cost, easy ways to take advantage of
renewable energy is to subscribe to Windsource through Xcel
Energy. Residents and business owners can pay a little extra
every month to get some or all of their energy from wind.
“The Energy & Environment Commissioners and other
residents have been working hard to get the message out to
their neighbors,” said City of Edina Sustainability Coordinator
Tara Brown. “From a film series, to hosting ‘Energy House
Parties,’ to the Home Energy Fair coming this October,
residents want to empower one another to help Edina become
a leader in subscribing to renewable energy.”
Residents can select how much energy they’d like to purchase
through Windsource each month. For an average home using
800 kWh in a month, it would cost about $6.80 per month
to be 100 percent wind-energy powered – which is little more
than the cost of a latte.
To make it easy, the Windsource subscription is added to the
Xcel Energy bill. The program is certified by Green-e Energy
and regulated by the Public Utility Commission so participants
are able to claim they’re using renewable energy.
“You don’t have to be a homeowner or invest in expensive
equipment to be carbon free,” said Brown. “Anyone with
an electricity bill – renters and businesses included – can
sign up to source their electricity through renewable energy
subscriptions such as Windsource.”
There are currently close to 900 Windsource subscribers
in Edina. With resident and business contributions, the
community goal is to have 675 additional subscribers by
March 2018.
For more information, visit EdinaMN.gov/Windsource or call Brown at
952-826-1621.
Home Energy Fair to be Held Oct. 7
Commission, Xcel Energy are Event Sponsors
The Edina Energy & Environment Commission (EEC) and Xcel Energy will host a Home Energy
Fair 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 7, at the Braemar Golf Course Clubhouse, 6364 John
Harris Drive. With door prizes, interactive activities and snacks, the day is meant to be fun
and informative.
The free event will focus on bringing together home and energy experts to help residents
care for their homes and learn about new technologies that will allow them to reduce
energy use and save money. At the same time, the fair will be a family-friendly event with
interactive exhibits, food and prizes.
“This event will be really accessible to residents who are interested in learning about ways
to take care of their homes going into the fall and winter seasons,” said Lauren Satterlee,
Energy & Environment Commissioner. “It’ll be a fun environment to swing by.”
Exhibitors include Home Energy Squad teams, building contractors and solar farm vendors,
as well as tables with information about renewable energy such as Windsource.
“We want residents to feel more empowered and knowledgeable on how they can
save money on their energy bill and keep up their house,” said the City’s Sustainability
Coordinator, Tara Brown.
The ultimate goal of the event is to help the City reach its goal of reducing greenhouse gas
emissions by 30 percent by 2025. The fair is the first step in empowering residents to help
with this goal.
“We want to continue to support residents,” said Brown. “We’ve heard that people want
to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions and Edina has the opportunity to do that. This is a
great way for people to learn how they can take action themselves and save money.”
Overall, the fair will be a great opportunity to get informed and empowered on reducing
energy use.
“It will also just be a great time,” said Brown.
For more information on the Home Energy Fair, contact Brown at tbrown@EdinaMN.gov or 952-826-1621.
Photo by Dietrich NissenGotcha!
Children enjoy the view from behind bars on an early August evening at the annual
“Night to Unite.” Edina neighborhoods joined forces with communities statewide for
the crime prevention event. Neighbors were encouraged to lock their doors, turn on
their outside lights and spend the evening outside with neighbors. The goal of Night
to Unite is to get to know one another in your neighborhood, build neighborhood
involvement with police and bring awareness to crime prevention.
The community
goal is to have
675 additional
subscribers by
March 2018. To
learn more or
to sign up visit
EdinaMN.gov/
Windsource.
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Business/Project: The Oaks Apartments
Location: 5901 Lincoln Drive
Developer: Opus Development
Status: Under construction
A portion of the former United Health Group site is
currently being redeveloped. An existing, unoccupied
office building has been torn down and replaced with a
four-story, 250-unit apartment building with 250 spaces
of underground parking. The site will include a dedicated
entrance separate from the office building, and provide
access to the new Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail.
Business/Project: Braemar Golf Course
Location: 6364 John Harris Drive
Developer: City of Edina
Status: In progress
The 27-hole regulation course is under construction to
become a better 18-hole course. In addition to creating
wide fairways and a golf course for all talent levels, 4.37
acres of wetlands will be restored and 33 acres of oak
savanna will be introduced. The new 18-hole course will
reopen in 2018. The Academy 9 remains open.
Business/Project: Edina High School addition
Location: 6754 Valley View Road
Developer: Edina Public Schools
Status: Substantially complete
The 142,000-square-foot addition to Edina High School
includes space to house the ninth grade, previously at
South View and Valley View middle schools.
Business/Project: Hawthorne Place
Location: 5109-5125 W. 49th St.
Developer: Great Oaks Development and TE Miller
Development
Status: Approved
Two apartment buildings and a single-family home will
be torn down and replaced with a 12-unit condominium
building and five single-family homes.
Business/Project: Senior Housing Project
Location: 5220 Eden Ave.
Developer: Trammell Crow Co.
Status: Approved
A six-story, 165-apartment unit building for seniors is to
be built on the 1.64-acre former school bus garage site.
It will have underground parking and be right across the
street from the Edina Senior Center.
Business/Project: Edina Schools Transportation Facility
Location: 7600 Metro Blvd.
Developer: Edina Public Schools
Status: Complete
The 9.25-acre site accommodates the current school
district bus fleet with room for expansion.
Business/Project: Gateway Bank
Location: 4528 and 4530 France Ave.
Developer: Orion Group
Status: Complete
The project included removing a former oil change
station and building an addition above the existing
parking garage.
Business/Project: North Parking Ramp Expansion
Location: 3930-3944 W. Market St.
Developer: Edina Housing & Redevelopment Authority
Status: Approved
The existing parking ramp will be expanded to add
330 new public stalls and put 10,000 square feet of
commercial space on the first floor. Construction should
be finished in September 2018.
Business/Project: Edina Collaborative
Location: 3925 W. Market St.
Developer: Buhl Investors, Saturday Properties
Status: Approved
The project includes 25,000 square feet of commercial
space and 110 luxury apartments centered around a
new outdoor plaza and pedestrian space. It will include
underground parking. Construction is slated to begin in
April 2018.
Business/Project: Town Hall Station
Location: 4500 Valley View Road
Developer: Town Hall Brewery
Status: Complete
The restaurant at the former gas station building is open.
Business/Project: The Avenue on France
Location: 6600 France Ave.
Developer: DJR Architecture/Wildamere
Status: Approved
The developer plans to redevelop the 22-acre site at
6600 France Ave. At full build-out, the site will include
a new six-story medical building, six-story hotel, eight-
story residential apartment and two two-story retail
buildings. A new Bank of America recently opened
on the site. Existing six- and seven-story buildings will
remain in addition to the Tavern on France restaurant.
Business/Project: Bank of America
Location: 6868 France Ave.
Developer: Bank of America
Status: Complete
The 6,993-square-foot, LEED-certified Bank of America
has a drive-up ATM. Merrill Lynch is also a tenant.
Business/Project: RH Gallery
Location: Northeast corner of West 69th Street and
France Avenue
Developer: Restoration Hardware
Status: Approved
Restoration Hardware plans to build its flagship furniture
gallery in a stand-alone building in the Southdale Center
parking lot. The building will feature three levels of
showrooms, a rooftop deck and a wine café.
Business/Project: Twin Cities Orthopedics
Location: 7700 France Ave.
Developer: Twin Cities Orthopedics/Frauenshuh
Status: Under construction
The 358-space parking deck in the first phase is
complete while the 68,000-square-foot medical office
building is under construction. The second phase
will include a 200,000-square-foot expansion with
additional levels or parking added to the parking deck.
Business/Project: The Millennium at Southdale
Location: 6550 Xerxes Ave. and 3250 W. 66th St.
Developer: DLC Residential
Status: Approved
This development project will be built in two stages. The
existing office building at 3250 W. 66th St. will be razed
and replaced with a six-story, 227-unit apartment building.
In a future phase of development, the office building at
6550 Xerxes Ave. will also be razed and a four- or five-
story, 145-unit apartment building would be built. Each
building includes one level of at-grade parking. The two
buildings, comprising 421,268 square feet, will sit on the
site’s 5.65 acres.
Business/Project: 66 West
Location: 3330 W. 66th St.
Developer: Beacon Interfaith Housing
Status: Complete
The 39 studio apartments house young adults who have
experienced homelessness.
Business/Project: Hilton Homewood Suites
Location: Southwest Corner of West 66th Street and York
Avenue
Developer: Noble Investment Group
Status: Under construction
The four-story, 146-room hotel is being built in the
northeast corner of the Southdale Center property. The
upscale, all-suites hotel will include an indoor swimming
pool, fitness room and meeting rooms.
Business/Project: Shake Shack
Location: Southeast corner of West 66th & France
Avenue, near Macy’s
Developer: Simon Properties
Status: Under Review
The 5,000-square-foot restaurant with exterior patio
would be the upscale burger chain’s second Minnesota
location. It opened in Mall of America in June 2016.
Business/Project: Gateway Pointe
Location: 3101 W. 66th St. and 6612 Xerxes Ave.
Developer: Doran Construction
Status: Approved, Details Under Review
The developer plans to remove the existing structure and build
a six-story, 190-unit apartment building on the two-acre site.
The building will have one level of underground parking.
Business/Project: The Onyx
Location: 6725 York Ave. S.
Developer: Lennar
Status: Complete
Tenants have moved in the six-story, 296,000-square-foot
building with 242 luxury apartments. Fitness club Alchemy
and Piada, which offers fast casual Italian food, are the first
two tenants in the four available spaces of first-floor retail.
Business/Project: Lifetime Fitness and new retail
Location: 200 Southdale Center
Developer: Lifetime Fitness/Simon Properties
Status: Pending Building Permit Review
This would be the company’s flagship fitness center
featuring four stories of fitness equipment and spaces, a
rooftop garden and an outdoor pool. It is slated for 120,000
square feet of the spot formerly occupied by JCPenney, with
other retail going in the remaining 65,000 square feet.
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DEVELOPMENT TRACKER
In this development tracker, the City of Edina includes reconstruction projects or new constructions
that have been completed in the last six months, are currently under construction, have filed a formal
application to the City, have been approved or have presented a non-binding sketch plan to either the
Planning Commission or the City Council. For more information, visit EdinaMN.gov/Planning or contact
the Community Development Department Planning Division at 952-826-0369.
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