Against neighborhood opposition, state advances I-35W ramp plans

 
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is moving forward with plans to build a temporary on/off ramp for Interstate 35W at East Hennepin Avenue, according to the city council member who represents the area.
Council Member Diane Hofstede (Ward 3) has sent an e-mail to constituents alerting them to the ramp proposal, which the Beltrami Neighborhood Council board […]

Questions for the Council Member

On Monday I’ll be recording another podcast at City Hall with Council Member Diane Hofstede. Submit your questions here! Click on the comment link below to leave your question for the council member. Please include your name and the neighborhood where you live. Hofstede represents Ward 3, which includes the neighborhoods of Beltrami, Bottineau, Marcy Holmes, Nicollet […]

Podcast: Interview with Diane Hofstede

As a library board member and now City Council member, Diane Hofstede has pushed for green and sustainable design elements to be incorporated into public building projects, including the Central Library’s green rooftop. But years before the current green building trend, Hofstede used green design techniques to build an eco-friendly home in the St. Anthony […]

Questions for the Council Member

I’ll be heading down to City Hall again Monday for another podcast interview, this time with City Council Member Diane Hofstede.
Once again I’d like you to submit your questions for the council member. Leave them in the comments section of this post, and I’ll choose a handful of questions I think are most interesting or […]

Community Engagement meetings tonight

There was some chatter here earlier this month about the role and effectiveness of neighborhood organizations. That issue is also one piece of a city-wide discussion just underway about how officials involve citizens in decisions at City Hall. A pair of public meetings tonight kick-off the community engagement conversation in Northeast.
A major funding source for […]

Police to give update on property complaints

Minneapolis Police plan to update Third Ward residents Wednesday on the status of complaints against a set of problem properties, including two in Northeast. It’s part of the agenda for Council Member Diane Hofstede’s Third Ward CARE committee meeting. (Another acronym - it stands for Community and Resource Exchange Committee.) First is a structure at […]

Burglary Alert

The Nicollet Island/East Bank area is experienced a spike in burglaries, according to the Minneapolis Police Department. In the last week:

A suspect was inturrupted in the 100 block of Island Avenue East while cutting a screen to gain entry into a residence.
A condo in the 200 block of First Avenue Northeast was entered through an […]