Kim Melin

Attention -

Bruce Ave at 50th Street (intersection only) will be closed Friday, March 13 and Monday, March 16, to facilitate lining of the sanitary sewer pipe that is running along Bruce north of 50th Street. The work is weather dependent, therefore, the dates are subject to change.

The BEST CONCERT

YOU'LL EVER ATTEND

COME TOGETHER!!

COMMUNITY CONCERT

Incredible and stirring folk, jazz and show tunes: Irish, Scottish, Judaic, Klezmer, Broadway, Jazz...

Sunita Staneslow folk harp

Gary Raynor string bass

and

Bobby Stanton acoustic guitar

Wednesday, March 4, 2009 at 7pm

South View Middle School Theatre

4725 South View Lane, Edina

The musicians will be accepting freewill donations on behalf of homeowners in the 6000 blocks of Wooddale, Kellogg and Fairfax Avenues in Edina who were flooded by sewer water backing up due to a broken water main on Thursday evening, 2/19.*

*The city's insurance has denied all claims and very few of the homeowners have the special sewer back-up insurance endorsement on their policies to pay for the demolition, black water abatement and rebuild required. (Check your policy now and if you do not have coverage, call your insurance agent now!!)

Questions? Contact wooddaleflood@q.com

News Release

The public is invited to a second Open House for the Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail on Monday, March 9, 2009 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at the Edina City Hall.

Background

Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail will travel through Hopkins, Edina and Richfield. As proposed the regional trail will connect to the popular Minnesota River Bluffs LRT Regional Trail in Hopkins to the Minneapolis Grand Rounds trail network in Minneapolis and the Minnesota River Valley in Bloomington. Regional trails are typically 10 feet wide, paved and used by bicyclists, walkers, runners, in-line skaters, dog-walkers and other non-motorized users.

Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail will be developed and operated by Three Rivers Park District. When completed, Nine Mile Creek Regional Trail will be part of Three Rivers Park District ís regional trail network, which currently features more than 90 miles of trail and allows for off-road trail use across Hennepin County.

Three Rivers Park District and the City of Edina are in the process of identifying and assessing potential trail routes through Edina. Two of the primary goals of the trail are to connect to the Edina High School campus and the newly created Edina Promenade near Centennial Lakes.

There are several routes under consideration, including alignments adjacent to roads and alignments adjacent to Nine Mile Creek.

Download a map of the alignments reviewed at the Wednesday, February 11 open house.

Nine Mile Creek Trail map (PDF: 3MB)

Feedback from this open house will help determine which alternative routes will be forwarded to the next open house planned for Monday, March 9 from 6:00 to 8:00 PM at Edina City Hall and which, if any, alternative trail routes will be removed from consideration.

An updated map will be available on this website during the first week in March.

Three Rivers Park District and the City of Edina thank you for your interest and feedback in this project. For more information, please contact Kelly Grissman, Planner with Three Rivers Park District at 763-694-7635.

http://www.threeriversparkdistrict.org/trails/news_detail.cfm

Bowling with Love Family Event

Are you planning on sending your kids to playground program this year? Maybe going to the Edina pool? Or giving them the freedom to ride their bikes to a friend's house? I know I am looking forward to this summer (especially now!) when the kids have the opportunity to hang out with their friends at the parks. I always think of these simple pleasures as the "Best Deals" around! But for many families in Edina this is not the case. They simply don't have the resources to give their kids this. Or their kids are not physically able to do the same things. What can we do to help our neighbors? We can go bowling! The Van Valkenburg Children's Fund is holding its first annual "Bowl For Love" to raise money for our kids in Edina. For $30.00 per ticket, you can bowl with friends and neighbors, and the money will send 1 child to the playground program. Last year the Van Valkenburg Fund gave out over $7,000.00 in scholarships to low income families. We are anticipating an even higher need this year.

Make a difference and memories with your family as you bowl with love. Your family will learn that giving really can be fun! The money raised from this event will go to the Van Valkenburg Children's Fund, which provides youth scholarships for Edina Park and Recreation summer programs and adaptive programs, Summer of Opportunity YMCA scholarships and other youth programs in Edina. Enjoy giving back to your community as a family.

For information, contact the Edina Community Foundation, 952-833-9573 or Sarah 952-221-4470 or visit w.edinacommunityfoundation.org/vanvalkenburg.html.

Ages: Children of all ages and their parents

Date/Time: Sunday, March 22, please choose one of the following times:

4:00 - 5:30 p.m.

6:00 - 7:30 p.m.

Location: Park Tavern, 3401 Louisiana Ave, St. Louis Park MN 55426

Cost: $30 ticket sponsors one child in the Edina summer playground program.

Advance tickets are available at these two locations: Edina City Hall in the Park & Recreation Department, 4801 West 50^th Street, Edina MN 55424. Edina Community Foundation, 5280 Grandview Square, Edina MN 55436.

Looks like a great family event and fund raiser!