The Wedge Co-op began in 1974 with Whittier neighbors who wanted whole foods without a long trip, opened in a Franklin Avenue apartment, and moved to its Lyndale Avenue home in 1979.

The co-op traces its start to a summer 1974 meeting of neighbors near Franklin Avenue in Whittier who wanted access to affordable, organic, whole foods — often in bulk to save money — without driving or busing miles, according to the co-op's own history. It opened in a small garden-apartment space at 715 Franklin Ave. and moved to Lyndale Avenue in 1979, eventually settling at 2105 Lyndale Ave. S.
The store took the Wedge nickname of the Lowry Hill East neighborhood. It grew into a full natural-foods grocery and was part of a wave of more than 30 Twin Cities food co-ops that formed during the 1970s, according to its Wikipedia entry.
The Wedge no longer operates on its own. In 2016 its members voted to consolidate with the Linden Hills Co-op, and the merger into Twin Cities Co-op Partners was completed July 1, 2018, joining the two stores under one organization, the Star Tribune reported. At the time of the merger the Wedge had about 16,500 members and Linden Hills about 9,200, roughly 25,700 combined. Both stores are now branded Wedge Community Co-ops, as Wedge Lyndale and Wedge Linden Hills.
More than 50 years on, the Lyndale store still answers to its member-owners — the arrangement those Whittier neighbors set up in 1974.

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.