Friday Report for January 15, 2010
OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER Friday Report DATE: January 15, 2010 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Scott H. Neal, City Manager RE: Friday Report for January 15, 2010 1. MLC Regional Breakfast Meeting...
View ArticleWho Taxes You?
The State Legislature is back in session in St. Paul so that means the talk of taxes is in the air. The State collects too much or not enough, depending on your point of view. Income taxes. Property...
View ArticleSponsorships
We have a successful system here of soliciting private donations and sponsorships for city sponsored programs and facilities. In fact, in 2008, the City of Eden Prairie was the recipient of over...
View ArticleSome Good Financial News, For A Change
Throughout the fall and early winter of 2008, the City Council and City staff struggled to find the right balance of spending & taxing and services & service reductions for the 2009 City...
View ArticleIce Arena Air
There is a bill making its way through the State Legislature that will introduce significant change to the air in our indoor ice arenas. Paul Wahl explains the issue well in a story he wrote for the...
View ArticleNew Liquor Store Blog
That’s Tammy Wanchena. Tammy manages the City’s Prairie Village Mall liquor store. That’s the store adjacent to Kowalski’s Market grocery store. Tammy and her staff do a great job at the store, which...
View ArticleObservatory Update
Here are a couple of photos from the construction of the City’s new observatory on the northern shore of Staring Lake. The foundation has been done for some time now. Now the project is going...
View ArticlePurgatory Creek Park
I get an assortment of nice comments, valid criticism and helpful critique on a daily basis as part of my job as city manager in Eden Prairie. It’s all part of the job. You’ve got to take the good with...
View ArticleArt Center News
Photo courtesy of Robert Lawton We are wrapping up our first year of operating the Eden Prairie Art Center. As we wrap up Year 1, the numbers are in on the revenue performance of the Art Center, and...
View ArticleFriday Report for July 2, 2010
Here’s my Friday Report to the Mayor and City Council for today, July 2, 2010: OFFICE OF THE CITY MANAGER½Friday Report DATE: July 2, 2010 TO: Mayor and City Council FROM: Scott H. Neal, City Manager...
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