The Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association board meets the first Tuesday of each month, 7 to 9 p.m., at the Searle Mansion, 1915 Logan Ave. S., where parks requests, traffic concerns and land-use notices get aired.

The board usually meets first Tuesdays from 7 to 9 p.m. at the Searle Mansion, and the sessions are open to the public; all Lowry Hill residents 16 and older are invited. Time is set aside at the start of each meeting for introductions and at the end, in an open-forum section, for any attendee to raise a topic. Neighbors who want a formal item on the agenda are asked to email the association in advance at [email protected].
These meetings rarely make news, but they are where neighborhood business starts. The LHNA is one of the older neighborhood organizations in Minneapolis and a registered nonprofit, and its board turns resident concerns into letters, positions and budget requests. Early-summer agendas tend toward park programming, boulevard plantings, coordination with neighboring associations on cleanups, and the construction notices the association passes along.
Land use is the recurring undercurrent. The board's Zoning and Planning committee reviews development and rezoning proposals before they reach the city, and the monthly meeting is where neighbors can hear where things stand and weigh in before decisions harden. Positions taken at the board feed into the city's land-use review and into the comment record elected officials see.
For first-timers, the format is forgiving: there is no requirement to speak, the business is public, and showing up once is usually enough to learn which issues are live and who is working on them. The board's regular season runs September through June; the next date, any summer break and virtual-attendance details are posted on the association's events calendar.
Editor's note: We could not independently confirm a specific dated June 2026 agenda at publication, so this item describes the association's standing meeting schedule, time and location. Confirm the next meeting on the LHNA calendar before attending.

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