Friday, February 27, 2015

Creek Knoll Becomes City-Recognized Neighborhood Association

Edina, Minn., Feb. 26, 2015 – The Creek Knoll Neighborhood completed the process to become a City of Edina recognized neighborhood association on Feb. 12. The City now has eight recognized neighborhoods, including Creek Knoll, Chowen Park, Countryside, Concord, Morningside, Normandale Park, Pamela Park and Strachauer Park.

“Creek Knoll is one of the smallest and most unique in all of Edina. There are just over 100 homes that live on the quiet, mostly dead-end streets in the northeast corner of the City,” explained Creek Knoll resident and Neighborhood Steering Committee co-member Tim O’Neill. “Many of us were already meeting for monthly social events. We [are trying] to rally all 100 of our neighbors to join NextDoor so we could communicate efficiently about topics that impact our neighborhood.”

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 are often 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.

“Edina constantly has activity that yields community engagement. Edina’s recognized neighborhood association program creates a platform for the City not only to share information directly with the neighborhood associations, but neighborhood associations have the ability to communicate back to the City,” said City of Edina Project Coordinator MJ Lamon. “Neighbors are recognizing the value of organizing a neighborhood association and getting involved with the City.”

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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