Author: Mark Weber

Mark Weber

Mark joined the Eden Prairie News as a reporter in 1979, just five years after its start, and spent the next 34 years in various roles including editor and publisher, as well as general manager of the parent company, Southwest Newspapers. He also published Edible Twin Cities magazine. His encore career was serving the nonprofit Eden Prairie Community Foundation as executive director. Mark is now retired. He and his wife, Roma, have two grown sons and a daughter-in-law, as well as a grandson. They have lived in Eden Prairie since 1984. "I hope the many words I have typed over the years have helped people understand the world around them."

The City of Eden Prairie has commissioned a study of vehicle traffic around Eden Prairie Center, another baby step toward possible redevelopment of the shopping center’s north end. Study results will help the city, the mall’s owner and potential developers determine how traffic at nearby street intersections would be affected by replacing the JCPenney department store, the parking lot to its north, and a portion of the inner mall with new development. The data collection, estimated to cost $28,500, will be paid by Hines, a Dallas-based development company working with the city and the mall’s owner, MetLife Insurance, on possible…

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