I emailed this last week to each member of the Edina City Council:
Last week’s online live chat about Southdale and this week’s article in the Edina Sun Current have made the Edina Citizen Engagement project a little more visible than when Scott Neal emailed you about it a month ago. Might there be a time in the next week or two when I could talk with you about it?
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I expected that most of my conversations would be via phone so I was delighted to be able to meet with Council member Mary Brindle today at the Starbucks adjacent to the Edina Liquor Store near 50th & France. After I gave her my sermon about blogging and other social media, she graciously allowed me to take a photo of us for this blog post.
Thanks, Mary!
Update 7/26:
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I met with both Mayor Jim Hovland and Council Member Joni Bennett last week. Alas, I neglected to get a photo with Joni when we met at Turtle Bread but I did get the above one with Jim at Edina Grill.






I had long and interesting phone conversations today with Council members Ann Swenson and Josh Sprague. Both seem engaged in what we’re trying to do here.
I met with both Mayor Jim Hovland and Council Member Joni Bennett last week. Alas, I neglected to get a photo with Joni when we met at Turtle Bread but I did get one with Jim at Edina Grill. I’ve added it to the blog post above.