Photos, video: Feb. 22 GrandView District open house and Planning Commission public hearing

By Griff Wigley, on February 23rd, 2012

GrandView District Framework open house, Feb. 22, 2012 GrandView District Framework open house, Feb. 22, 2012 
The Grandview Steering committee held an open house on the proposed Development Framework for the GrandView District on Wed. night 6 pm at Edina City Hall.

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GrandView District Framework public hearing, planning commission, Feb. 22, 2012 GrandView District Framework public hearing, planning commission, Feb. 22, 2012 GrandView District Framework public hearing, planning commission, Feb. 22, 2012 GrandView District Framework public hearing, planning commission, Feb. 22, 2012
The Edina Planning Commission meeting at 7 pm included a public hearing on the Framework. View this PowerPoint slideshow presented by Steering Committee members Kevin Staunton, Chris Rofidal, and Michael Fischer:

GrandView District Development Framework Presentation to PC v3 (02 22 12)

 

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This video clip of the public hearing portion of the meeting goes from the 2:21 mark to 48:03.

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Photo album: Grandview District program and focus group meetings, Oct. 25

By Griff Wigley, on October 26th, 2011

Photo album: Grandview District program and focus group meetings at the Hughes Pavilion in Edina's Centennial Lakes Park Grandview program and focus group meetings Oct 25

The leaders of the Grandview Steering Committee organized a series of one-hour program and focus group meetings yesterday at the Hughes Pavilion (AKA the Centrum Building) at Centennial Lakes Park. The sessions were run by Mike Lamb and Bruce Jacobson, leaders of the Grandview consulting team.

During each session, Bruce took notes on flip charts while Mike moderated. I took photos of the flip chart pages and have inserted them into the photo album along with the photos from each group.

See the album of 172 photos (large slideshow, recommended) or this small slideshow:

All the photos from the Sept. Grandview workshop day are now viewable in a single slideshow, too.   See the album of 71 photos (large slideshow, recommended) or this small slideshow:

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Photos: Sept. 21 Grandview public meeting, evening session

By Griff Wigley, on September 23rd, 2011

Sept. 21 Grandview public meeting, evening session Sept. 21 Grandview public meeting, evening session Sept. 21 Grandview public meeting, evening session
The team of Grandview consultants and some members of the Grandview Steering Committee hosted a public meeting at Edina City Hall on Wednesday.  Edina citizens were invited to the meeting to learn more about what’s been done thus far, hear about the workshop sessions from earlier in the day, and discuss the issues involved.

Consultants Bruce Jacobson, Close Landscape Architecture and Mike Lamb, Cuningham Group Architecture first narrated their Grandview Powerpoint presentation from the morning session.

After the presentation, people were broken up into small groups to complete some brainstorming tasks (What are the best and worst things about the way the Grandview District works today? What are the changes people expect to see in the next five years and the next 20 years?) and discuss the results:

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Photos: Sept. 21 Grandview workshop, afternoon session

By Griff Wigley, on September 23rd, 2011

The team of Grandview consultants had meetings on Wed. afternoon at Grange Hall in Frank Tupa Park, first with City of Edina staff and then with a group of Grandview area business and property owners.

Meeting with Edina staff, Grandview afternoon workshop, 09/21/11 Grandview afternoon workshop, 09/21/11
Meeting with City staff, 1-2pm.

Edina Police Chief Jeff Long Edina Assistant Public Works Director Roger Glanzer Edina Assistant Park & Recreation Director Ed MacHolda Edina Communications Coordinator Jordan Gilgenbach Edina Planning Director Cary Teague Edina Assistant Liquor Operations Director Greg Keehr Edina City Manager Scott Neal
City of Edina staff, L to R: Police Chief Jeff Long; Assistant Public Works Director Roger Glanzer, Assistant Park & Recreation Director Ed MacHolda; Communications Coordinator Jordan Gilgenbach; Planning Director Cary Teague, Assistant Liquor Operations Director Greg Keehr, City Manager Scott Neal.

Meeting with Grandview business & property owners, Grandview afternoon workshop, 09/21/11 Meeting with Grandview business & property owners, Grandview afternoon workshop, 09/21/11
Meeting with Grandview area business and property owners, 2-3:30 pm

Greg Freeman and Wayne Freeman, Executive Suites of Minnesota/Edina Executive Plaza  Collin Bredeson, Patisserie Margo Wayne Kostroski, Cuisine Concepts Jim Baisch, Edina UPS Store Rick Murphy, Grandview Tire & Auto – Vernon Peyton Robb, Edina School Board Dick Ward, Our Lady of Grace Eric Bredeson, Patisserie Margo Greg Keehr, Edina Liquor Store - Grandview Darcy Winter, D.E. Winter & Associates

Greg Freeman and Wayne Freeman, Executive Suites of Minnesota/Edina Executive Plaza; Collin Bredeson, Patisserie Margo; Wayne Kostroski, Cuisine Concepts; Jim Baisch, Edina UPS Store; Rick Murphy, Grandview Tire & Auto – Vernon; Peyton Robb, Edina School Board (bus garage in Grandview); Dick Ward, Our Lady of Grace (trustee); Eric Bredeson, Patisserie Margo; Greg Keehr, Edina Liquor Store – Grandview; Darcy Winter, D.E. Winter & Associates.

Post-meeting socializing:

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Photos: Sept. 21 Grandview workshop, morning session

By Griff Wigley, on September 22nd, 2011

Grange Hall in Frank Tupa Park Grandview workshop, 09/21/11 Grandview workshop, 09/21/11
Many members of the Grandview steering committee met with the team of consultants yesterday morning at Grange Hall in Frank Tupa Park, the first of three workshops planned over the next two months.

Bruce Jacobson, Close Landscape Architecture Mike Lamb, Cuningham Group Architecture Jack Broz, HR Green Tony Schertler, Springsted Andrew Dresdner, Cuningham Group Carrie Ann Christensen, Community Design Group
Consulting team, L to R: Bruce Jacobson, Close Landscape Architecture; Mike Lamb, Cuningham Group Architecture; Jack Broz, HR Green, Tony Schertler, Springsted; Andrew Dresdner, Cuningham Group; and Carrie Ann Christensen, Community Design Group.

Bruce Jacobson and Mike Lamb began the workshop with this Powerpoint presentation:

Grandview Edina workshop #1 presentation

Lisa Diehl, Market Analysis sub-committee Peyton Robb, Land Use and Community Design sub-committee Larry Chestler, Transportation sub-committee Kim Montgomery, Community Needs & Public Realm sub-committee
Four Grandview committee members made presentations summarizing the work of their working groups. L to R: Lisa Diehl, Market Analysis; Peyton Robb, Land Use and Community Design;  Larry Chestler, Transportation; Kim Montgomery, Community Needs & Public Realm.  I expect to be able to make available the reports/notes from their presentations soon.

Kevin Staunton Randy Halvorson David Davison Sue Davison Ellen Jones Peter Sussman Thomas Raeuchle Mike Fischer Terry Ahlstrom Gene Persha Greg Domke
Other steering committee members attending, L to R: Kevin Staunton, Randy Halvorson, David Davison, Sue Davison, Ellen Jones, Peter Sussman, Thomas Raeuchle, Mike Fischer, Terry Ahlstrom, Gene Persha, and Greg Domke (photo from June steering committee mtg).

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Grandview District photos, Google Map, tutorial

By Griff Wigley, on August 20th, 2011

Grandview site photos and map tutorial
See our new Grandview District site photos page.

In addition to photos and a slideshow, it has a customized live Google Map, and a tutorial screencast on how to use its features.

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June 16 Grandview District Steering Committee meeting

By Griff Wigley, on June 24th, 2011

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Kevin Staunton at the Grandview Steering Committee meeting 06/16/11 Chris Rofidal at the Grandview Steering Committee meeting 06/16/11 Steve Elkins at the Grandview Steering Committee meeting 06/16/11

Larry Chestler at the Grandview Steering Committee meeting 06/16/11 Kim Montgomery at the Grandview Steering Committee meeting 06/16/11 Peter Sussman at the Grandview Steering Committee meeting 06/16/11
I attended the Grandview District Steering Committee meeting last Thursday night at the Edina Senior Center.  (See my blog post for why I attended.)  I took photos and got some of the presenter names while I was there for the first hour.

Communications coordinator Chris Rofidal presented this communications plan:

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Development Framework Draft & Comment Period

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