Development
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City
Lyndale Avenue Redesign Nears a County Vote as Businesses and Cyclists Clash
Hennepin County is expected to bring its final design for rebuilding Lyndale Avenue South to the Minneapolis City Council this month, after a June 1 public meeting where Uptown business owners and cyclists clashed over a plan that adds a bikeway and cuts about a quarter of on-street parking.
Neighborhood
A Lowry Hill Corner Lot Becomes a Test Case for New Housing
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.
Neighborhood
A Tale of Two Neighborhoods, One Hill
Lowry Hill and Lowry Hill East share a name and a founder but sit on opposite sides of Hennepin Avenue as a mansion district and one of the densest neighborhoods in Minneapolis.
City
Data-Center Zoning Heads to the Council as Downtown Pushes Office-to-Housing
The Minneapolis City Council voted 8-5 on May 21, 2026, to impose a six-month moratorium on data centers larger than 350,000 square feet, with Ward 7 Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer among the five who opposed it.
City
The Wedge publishes a development vision for its future
The Burnham Road bridge in Kenwood reopened after a two-day closure that began June 2, while crews continue a concrete-street rehabilitation on Sheridan Avenue South, 21st Street West and part of 24th Street West.
Opinion
Letter: Keep the Lakes in the Conversation
A resident urges that the health of the lakes stay a standing item on neighborhood agendas, not an afterthought once school budgets and development are settled.
Business
The Small Businesses Keeping Seven Points Alive During the Wait
A handful of small businesses keep the former Calhoun Square lit and open while Doran Companies prepares to demolish the southern half of the Uptown block and build apartments.
Neighborhood
Mount Curve Condominiums and Midcentury Living on the Hill
The Mount Curve Condominiums at 1770 Bryant Ave. S., a four-story, 68-unit building finished in 1968, brought owner-occupied apartment living to a Lowry Hill block defined by turn-of-the-century mansions.
City
Lyndale Avenue redesign draws criticism from bike, walk advocates
A September 2025 MinnPost commentary argues that Hennepin County's proposed reconstruction of Lyndale Avenue, the Wedge's eastern edge, falls short for people who walk and bike and should be changed before it is locked in.
Neighborhood
Meet Your Neighbor: A Volunteer Who Keeps LHENA Running
The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association runs entirely on volunteers, from its elected board under President Jason Garcia to the Food Share that distributes groceries three times a month out of SpringHouse Ministries.
Opinion
Opinion: Neighborhood Associations Need New Blood
Neighborhood associations like LHENA depend on a thin layer of long-serving volunteers, and too few newcomers are stepping up to replace them.
Neighborhood
City Sets Aside $150,000 in Business Aid for Uptown's Corridors
Minneapolis set aside $150,000 in its 2025 budget specifically for Uptown businesses, split between district-wide support and one-on-one coaching for individual shops.
Business
Uptown's Dining Scene Watches a Wave of New Twin Cities Openings
A run of 2026 Twin Cities restaurant openings, from Indigenous barbecue on Franklin Avenue to an upscale East African restaurant at Lake and Nicollet, points to where new operators are choosing to land.
Neighborhood
70 Neighborhood Organizations, One City: How LHENA Fits In
The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association is one of 70 nonprofit neighborhood organizations the City of Minneapolis recognizes to give residents a formal role in how the city governs itself.
Neighborhood
Vibrant Storefronts Enters Year Two With New Uptown Tenants
The city's Vibrant Storefronts program added a recording studio, a folk school and six other creative tenants for its second year, with two of the new spaces on Hennepin Avenue and West Lake Street in Uptown.
Neighborhood
A Latino Developer's Viva Project Aims to Revive Burned Lake Street Lots
A Colombian-born developer plans a seven-story building with about 100 homes and ground-floor retail on a block of East Lake Street that has sat vacant since it burned in 2020.
Neighborhood
Uptown Isn't Dying, Boosters Argue — It's Morphing
Hennepin Avenue reopened in October 2025 after two years of construction, and Uptown's fortunes now turn on whether new housing and a rebuilt street can offset a run of high-profile closings.
Neighborhood
Uptown Adds Safety Ambassadors to Help Revive the District
Minneapolis added as many as eight community safety ambassadors to Uptown starting Nov. 8 as part of a wider effort to draw shoppers and businesses back to the corridor.
City
New Ward 7 Office Opens Its Doors: How to Reach Your Council Member
Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer, sworn in to the Ward 7 seat on Jan. 5, 2026, now runs the office that handles constituent casework for Lowry Hill, the Wedge, East Isles, Cedar-Isles-Dean, Bryn Mawr, Kenwood and part of downtown.
Neighborhood
Lowry Hill East's Historic District and the Streetcar Houses
The Lowry Hill East Residential Historic District preserves streetcar-era homes on the 2300 and 2400 blocks of Aldrich, Bryant and Colfax Avenues South.
Neighborhood
Streetcars to Apartments: How the Wedge Got Dense
The Wedge developed in the 1880s along Thomas Lowry's streetcar line, and the density it set then still defines the neighborhood.
Neighborhood
The Wedge Food Share and a Neighborhood That Feeds Itself
The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association is raising $8,000 to keep its all-volunteer Wedge Neighborhood Food Share running through 2026.
City
Bryn Mawr's planned Green Line station sits in a scenic valley
The Metro Green Line Extension's planned Bryn Mawr Station sits beside the Cedar Lake Trail near downtown, with an opening targeted for 2027.
Neighborhood
From Lowry Hill Residents, Inc. to LHNA: A Group Evolves
In June 1975, the homeowner-dominated Lowry Hill association opened membership and board seats to renters.
Neighborhood
What the Wedge Means by 'Equitable Sharing of Resources'
LHENA's mission commits it to "the equitable sharing of resources" in one of the city's densest, most renter-heavy neighborhoods.
City
Reading the Council Agenda: How a Lowry Hill Item Becomes a Vote
A Minneapolis council item moves from a subject-matter committee, where the public can testify, to a Thursday vote of the full council.
City
The $1 Million Council Race: How Ward 7 Became the City's Most Expensive Contest
The Ward 7 contest between Katie Cashman and Elizabeth Shaffer was the most expensive single City Council race in Minneapolis this cycle, drawing outside money into Lowry Hill and the lakes neighborhoods.
City
Council Loses Its Veto-Proof Majority as Four Newcomers Join
Four newcomers joined the Minneapolis City Council in January 2026, costing the progressive bloc the nine votes it needed to override Mayor Jacob Frey.
City
Cashman Loses Ward 7 After a Single Term as Renter Turnout Falls Short
Katie Cashman lost Ward 7 to Elizabeth Shaffer by about 800 votes after a single term, even as turnout climbed in the ward's renter-heavy precincts.
Neighborhood
Inside LHENA: Mutual Aid in the Wedge
The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association runs a monthly Food Share that helped more than 10,000 people over the past year alongside its civic work in the Wedge.
Neighborhood
How LHNA Spends Its Neighborhood Revitalization Dollars
The Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association voted in May 2025 to move $15,000 in Neighborhood Revitalization Program income from housing to a Kenwood School outdoor classroom.
Opinion
Opinion: Cedar-Isles-Dean Deserves a Louder Voice
An editorial argues that Cedar-Isles-Dean residents should engage with their neighborhood association before transit, trail and development decisions are settled.
City
State grant aims to restore eroding shoreline on the Chain of Lakes
A new $819,000 state grant will fund the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board's restoration of about 2.6 miles of eroding, turf-dominated shoreline across the city's lakes, including Lake of the Isles.
Neighborhood
The Wedge's Small Businesses Get a Listening Ear
The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association is canvassing Wedge storefronts to learn what local businesses need ahead of major construction on both of the neighborhood's commercial corridors.
Neighborhood
BMNA Weighs Letter of Support for Fruen Mill Redevelopment
Greg Koch, co-founder of Stone Brewing, has won Minneapolis Planning Commission approval to redevelop Bryn Mawr's long-vacant Fruen Mill into a hotel, restaurant and spa.
Neighborhood
Public Safety Forums Bring the Wedge Together
The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association has addressed public safety through forums and a restorative-justice pilot, including an October 2020 forum that drew MPD leadership and city violence-prevention figures.
City
Council Adopts 2025 Mapping 'Housekeeping' Amendment, Tidying the Zoning Map
The Minneapolis City Council adopted the 2025 Mapping Housekeeping Amendment on Sept. 11, correcting zoning-map errors catalogued after the 2040 plan took effect.
City
A City 'Built to Last': What Frey's Budget Address Promised
Mayor Jacob Frey proposed a roughly $2 billion 2026 budget with a 7.8% property-tax levy increase in an Aug. 13, 2025 address, and the City Council adopted an amended version in December.
City
Frey's 2026 Proposal: A 7.8% Levy Increase and the End of Police Double-Overtime
Mayor Jacob Frey's 2026 budget proposed a 7.8% levy increase and the elimination of police double-time overtime pay, and the council adopted a roughly $2 billion budget on Dec. 16.
City
Reading a Development Proposal: A Lowry Hill Resident's Checklist
A practical guide to reading a Minneapolis development notice: what is being built, what the zoning allows, and whether a real public decision point exists.
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