HomeMy WebLinkAboutLibraryRedevelopmentSite
City of Edina 4801 W. 50th St. Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Kaylin Eidsness, Senior Communications Coordinator
Phone 952-833-9537 Fax 952-826-0389 EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City To Hold Community Meetings on Southdale Library
Site Redevelopment
Edina, Minn., Nov. 16, 2016 – Hennepin County is working with the City to hold two community meetings
to gather public input on the Southdale Library site redevelopment. The meetings will be held at the
Southdale Library, 7001 York Ave., 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Monday, Dec. 5, and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 13.
In the next three to five years, the Southdale Library will be rebuilt on the 8-acre site, but there is room for
more, such as housing, offices or retail.
“As with many other aging facilities in the greater Southdale area, the Hennepin County site has an
overabundance of surface parking lots,” said Bill Neuendorf, Edina’s Economic Development Manager. “The
changing role and services of public libraries presents a unique opportunity to reconsider the needs of a public
library, while incorporating private uses elsewhere on the site.”
Public input from the community meetings in December will be used to shape a request for proposals that will
eventually be issued to the real estate development community. Neuendorf said that formal proposals will
most likely be collected in the spring and forwarded to the Hennepin County Board of Commissioners to
make a final selection in summer 2017.
In May 2016, the Hennepin County Service Center relocated to Southdale Center. The Court facilities are
anticipated to relocate to Bloomington in 2019.
Meetings to discuss library programs and design are planned to take place in 2018.
For more information, contact Neuendorf at 952-826-0407 or visit EdinaMN.gov/SouthdaleLibrarySite. To
share your ideas, visit SpeakUpEdina.org and participate in the discussion.
-30-