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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Jennifer Bennerotte, Communications & Technology Services Director
Phone 952-833-9520 • Fax 952-826-0389 • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City to host meeting about future of Minneapolis waterworks site
Edina, Minn., Nov. 11, 2014 – The City of Edina will host a meeting Monday, Nov. 17, to hear residents’
ideas for how the Minneapolis waterworks site in Edina could be used in the future and whether or not they
think the City should buy all or part of the land.
The property at 3940 France Ave. is owned by the City of Minneapolis and sits across the Edina-St. Louis Park
border, with the northern third in St. Louis Park and the southern two-thirds in Edina. The property is
currently a wooded lot that contains a Minneapolis waterworks building.
Minneapolis has owned the property since the 1930s and determined in 2012 that it no longer needs it. It
raised the question of selling the property to Edina and St. Louis Park in 2012. This fall, both cities have been
talking about and analyzing the property and consulting with appraisers. The cities have agreed to let the City
of Minneapolis know of their interest in purchasing the property by the end of the year.
At the meeting Monday, Nov. 17, City Manager Scott Neal will meet with residents who have ideas about
how the property could be used. The meeting will be held 6:30 to 8 p.m. at the warming house at Weber
Park, 4115 Grimes Ave. S.
For more information, contact the Administration Department, 952-826-0364.
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