Segments of popular Minnesota River Bluffs and Cedar Lake trails northeast of Eden Prairie, closed since late 2019, are now reopened.
Author: Jeff Strate
Jeff Strate
An Eden Prairie resident since 1994, Jeff has served as an organizer for local open-space initiatives and get-out-the-vote parks referenda. He has also served on the Eden Prairie Human Rights and Diversity Commission, conservation area task forces, the Southwest Light Rail Community Advisory Committee and the Board of Directors of the Minnesota Land Trust. Jeff studied journalism and mass communication at the U of MN and has been a producer/writer and occasional on-camera figure in the Twin Cities, New York, Boston, and Trenton. Jeff has written for websites and magazines and has produced award-winning access programing through Southwest Community Television (SWTV).
Although not intended as a summer blockbuster with a Hans Zimmer film score and a title that leaps off any screen, “Drone Tour of the Green Line Extension Alignment” does showcase remarkable views of the project’s progress. The Met Council’s 32-minute, 41-second aerial video of the 14.8-mile light rail project had its YouTube premiere on Wednesday, July 17. Footage recorded by high-definition drone cameras flew over the entire route in May. Multiple video takes were edited together to form what seems like a single flight. Cars, vans, and trucks scurry alongside, over, and under the LRT tracks along Flying Cloud…
Reservations should be made as soon as possible for late July walking tours of Metro Green Line Extension worksites in Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, and Hopkins.
Flooding from the Minnesota River submerged Riverview Road in Eden Prairie, blocking this small road and disrupting local commutes.
Southwest Community Television (SWTV) now streams its community and educational channels online, expanding access for Eden Prairie, Minnetonka, Edina, Hopkins, and Richfield.
Despite closures, communities rally to preserve local journalism, sparking hope for the future of grassroots news initiatives
Light rains held back last Friday afternoon in Birch Island Woods, leaving a damp, overcast gloom. But it was Minnesota’s Arbor Day, and the conservation area’s trees were brushed with the fairyland greens of April. Its small parking area was packed with cars and pickups. At one end of it, an assembly of 20 or so adults and a few kids wrapped in jackets stood on bare, woodland duff littered with twigs and broken branches. Executives and staff from New Wave Design, an advanced computer tech company on Viking Drive, had committed to planting 500 tree seedlings over three acres…
Discover the latest progress on the Green Line Extension LRT through escorted walking tours, offering insight into ongoing construction efforts.
The MN West Suburbs Chapter of the Citizens’ Climate Lobby meets to advocate for urgent legislative action on climate change.
Birch Island Woods in Eden Prairie now features an interpretive sign detailing its rich history and conservation efforts.