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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
Pamela Park Joins List of City Recognized Neighborhood
Associations
Edina, Minn., Oct. 2, 2014 – On Sept. 19, Pamela Park became the fifth neighborhood recognized by the
City of Edina. It joins the list behind the Morningside, Countryside, Concord and Strachauer Park
neighborhoods.
“It’s very exciting to see another neighborhood complete the City recognition process,” said Project
Coordinator MJ Lamon. “We also have several other neighborhoods that are in the middle of the process.
Community members are really seeing the value in becoming recognized.”
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 often are 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.
“The process doesn’t have to be very involved or drawn out,” explained Lamon. “It’s intended to be a simple
process that keeps the community informed and involved. We hope that the remaining 40 neighborhoods
consider completing the recognition process.”
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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