Lowry Hill residents pressed the case for slowing traffic near Hennepin Avenue and for staying on top of Park Board work along the Chain of Lakes.

Lowry Hill residents who want speed humps or curb extensions on their blocks must file with the city's Neighborhood Traffic Calming program, which ranks requests once a year and is working through a backlog of applications.
The discussion folded together two long-running neighborhood threads. The first is the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board's continuing work on the Chain of Lakes parkways, shoreline and tree canopy. The second is traffic, where residents along blocks near Hennepin Avenue have asked the city to slow cars down.
On traffic, the city's route runs through its Neighborhood Traffic Calming program, which collects requests from people who live, work or own property on a street and ranks them for treatments such as speed humps, traffic circles, curb extensions and median islands. Applications go to the program at 300 Border Ave., Minneapolis, MN 55405, or can be filed online; residents can also call Minneapolis 311 for help. The city set a Sept. 15 deadline for its most recent annual round. Program details are at
The timing matters because the just-finished reconstruction of Hennepin Avenue South, which reopened to two-way traffic with bus and bike lanes in 2025, reshaped travel patterns on the blocks feeding into it. The practical takeaway from the meeting was straightforward: file the traffic-calming request, keep the Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association informed, and track the Park Board's project schedule so residents can speak up while public-comment windows are open rather than after decisions are made.

The East Isles Neighborhood Association holds its annual Summer Social on Wednesday, June 14, from 6 to 8 p.m. at Joanne Levin Triangle Park, with a rain date of June 15.

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The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association reviews apartment and land-use proposals in the Wedge through its Community Development Committee, the volunteer-led forum where the neighborhood weighs in before projects reach the City Council.

Land use is the recurring flashpoint in Lowry Hill, a neighborhood of Victorian and Prairie-style homes where even a modest multi-unit proposal draws scrutiny under the city's built-form rules and the 2040 comprehensive plan.