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Below: the consulting team and some members of the Steering Committee meeting earlier in the day (photo by Cary Teague).
The entire team (consulting team and Steering Committee) will be there to solicit more comments and ideas. See the press release (PDF) for more details and the live Google map below for directions. Thanks to everyone who has participated and please plan to stay involved as we work through the final stages of the Small Area Plan for the GrandView District.
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:
As I stated in a prior blog post, there are a lot of moving parts so sometimes it can be confusing if you have not followed this issue from stem to stern. The most important:
(The above reminds me of Jeff Foxworthy’s You Might Be a Redneck If… gig.) We are passionate about what is going to happen in the GrandView District, so please join us to help shape the future. Decisions are made when people show up! At last week’s Grandview public meeting (evening session), an 8-page Grandview District information handout was made available to all participants.
You can now view it via Slideshare/download the PDF: The GrandView Small Area Plan has hit the big time!
Thanks to Jennifer Bennerotte’s Communications & Marketing Department and Jerry’s Foods for helping to provide great visibility for our project. As you know, last week we successfully completed our first Grandview community workshop which you can read about here on our Grandview blog. We’ve scheduled the October and November workshops and have confirmed the locations:
As the dates approach, we will provide more detail on the times and content, so you can determine the best times to attend for you. There are a lot of moving parts with the GrandView Small Area Plan, so keep updated by following Edina Citizen Engagement on Twitter, subscribing to the weekly e-newsletter, or subscribing to this blog’s RSS feed. Or if you prefer, bookmark/make a favorite of this Grandview blogsite and our cityofedina.com/grandview page. During the 9/21 morning session of Grandview workshop #1, four Grandview Steering committee members made presentations summarizing the work of their working groups.
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.
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:
Bruce Jacobson and Mike Lamb began the workshop with this Powerpoint presentation:
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Responses and comments from Oct. 27 public presentation and open house
At the Oct. 27 public presentation and open house:
1. The attendees were invited to fill out comment cards in response to the Powerpoint presentation, prompted by the question:
See the results (one-page PDF).
2. The attendees were broken up into small groups for discussion and then asked to answer these three questions:
See the results (six-page PDF).