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The 24 acre park features paved pathways that circle a 10-acre lake. There are also seating areas, swinging benches and fountains.

In the summer, visitors can rent paddleboats, fish in the ponds, and watch remote control sailboat races. There is also a putting course and lawn bowling courts. Centennial Lakes park even has cultural performances inside the huge amphitheater.

In the winter, visitors can skate across 10 acres of carefully maintained ice or ride one of the park's Norwegian ice sleds. Figure and hockey skate rentals are available for children and adults.

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is a business neighborhood featuring over 175 retailers and professional services ranging from apparel for men, women and children; jewelers, an array of spas and salons to pamper yourself, an art-house movie theatre, countless specialty and gift boutiques, a gourmet grocery store and so much more. There are 20 restaurants ranging from fine, contemporary, and casual dining. Enjoy American, Italian and Southwestern fares. Pizza, coffee shops and Euro cafes, bakeries and meals on the go.

This neighborhood also schedules monthly events. The next event is Ladies Night Out on March 12th.

You can visit 50th and France at West 50th Street and France Avenue in Edina. Or visit their website.

Southdale has more than 120 specialty stores, including Aveda, Coach, J. Crew, Banana Republic and The Apple Store. It's anchor stores are Macy's, JC Penny's and Marshalls. Southdale Center boasts a top restaurant lineup that includes The Cheesecake Factory, Maggiano's Little Italy and P.F. Chang's China Bistro. It even has a 16-screen AMC Theatre.

Southdale has various specials and sales throughout the year. In February multiple stores will be hosting Valentine's Day sales.

Southdale Center is located in Edina, MN at the corner of West 66th Street and France Avenue South in Hennepin County. Mall hours are Mon to Sat: 10:00am - 9:00pm and Sun 11:00am - 6:00pm. Visit Southdale Center website for more information.

Is your family growing and you need to upgrade? Are good schools important to you? Do you still want a short commute to downtown Minneapolis? Try Edina!

And now is a great time, because of low interest rates as well as a buyer's market. Edina was the only community with more than 200 home sales last year that posted an increase in home sale prices. In 2008, the median sale price of Edina homes sold through the Regional Multiple Listing Service was $388,250, up 3 percent from 2007. Throughout the metro area, the median sale price fell 13.3 percent.

Edina High School was ranked among the top 2 percent of high schools in the nation by U.S. News and World Report and landed 93rd in a 2007 Newsweek poll on the best 100 high schools in the nation.

Edina also hosts four golf courses, two private country clubs, upscale Galleria shopping and many $1 million-plus homes.There is more-affordable housing in the city, as well. Of the 210 single-family homes currently listed for sale, 73 are priced between $200,000 and $500,000.

Foreclosures have been a drag on sale prices across the metro area, but Edina has had relatively few of them. During 2008 only 53 of 651 closed sales were lender-mediated transactions including foreclosures.

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The number of new listings in the Twin Cities metro area has decreased 7% since this time last year however the number of pending sales has increased 19%. The average amount of time a home was on the market also decreased slightly in December 2008. The housing afordability index increased by a whopping 36%! Now is definitely the time to buy.

Time will tell if the new year brings a change in the housing market.