🌱 Patch AM: What Eden Prairie’s $26.5M police renovation means for public safety

Hi there, Eden Prairie! We've got your morning read ready! Read on to stay connected. ☕️️

In today's newsletter:

• What Eden Prairie's $26.5M police renovation means for public safety
• How is an Eden Prairie lawmaker shaping Minnesota's mining fight?

Also on today's calendar: Apple House Opens! and 5 more events.

Today's riddle: What did one strawberry say to the other strawberry? 🤔 (Answer below!)

Weather forecast:

• Tuesday: Clouds and sun with a t-storm, with a high of 84 and low of 63 degrees.
• Wednesday: Breezy in the morning, temps: high: 80, low: 60.
• Thursday: Less humid with plenty of sun, with a high of 83 and low of 59 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Kraus-Anderson Completes $26.5M Police Department Renovation (constructionowners.com) — Eden Prairie's police headquarters at 8080 Mitchell Road has just undergone a $26.5 million renovation, adding new holding cells, offices, a secure sally port, underground parking, and upgraded building systems. The expanded, modernized facility is designed to better support day-to-day police operations and long-term public safety needs for residents across the city.
   

• Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz signs executive order banning nonferrous mining near Boundary Waters (ictnews.org) — An Eden Prairie state representative is among those reacting to Gov. Tim Walz's new executive order banning nonferrous mining near the Boundary Waters, a move that could reshape Minnesota's environmental and economic future. The order targets the proposed Twin Metals copper-nickel mine, drawing sharp responses from mining advocates, environmental groups, tribal leaders, and candidates in the upcoming governor's race.
   

📸 Around Eden Prairie

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🗓 Upcoming Events in Eden Prairie

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★ Featured events ★

Saturday August 29
• Champps (7 Piece) →
  Champps, 8010 Glen Ln, Eden Prairie
  6:00 pm

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Other local events

Saturday August 29
• Apple House Opens! →
  Arboretum AppleHouse, 7485 Rolling Acres Rd, Victoria
  9:00 am
Sunday August 30
• Music in the Garden →
  University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
  1:30 pm
Tuesday September 1
• Art: Inherited Ground →
  University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr, Chaska
  9:00 am
Sunday September 6
• Music in the Garden →
  University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
  1:30 pm
Saturday September 12
• Watch the Beekeeper! →
  University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr, Chaska
  10:30 am
Sunday September 13
• Music in the Garden →
  University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 3675 Arboretum Dr, Chaska
  1:30 pm
Friday September 18
• Developing Your Inner Artist Homeschool Class (Interactive Online) →
  Art Play Learn Online
  12:00 pm

📣 Eden Prairie Shout Outs!

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🗓 Events Nearby

Tuesday August 25
• PriorNet 7:30am
  Prior Lake Chamber of Commerce Office
  7:30 am
• VEAP Office at Edina's Fire Station #2
  Veap Edina Fire Station #2, 4401 W 76th St, Edina, MN, 55435, United States
  8:00 am
• Back-to-School Breakfast for Staff
  Concord Elementary School 5900 Concord Ave South, Edina, MN 55424
  8:00 am
• Coffee & Connect
  SouthWest Metro Chamber of Commerce Dave Roy Insurance Agency: Allstate Insurance 7965 Stone Creek DR STE 110, Chanhassen MN 55317
  8:00 am

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💬 Chatter

What your neighbors are talking about on social media

• Just mussing
  I have been watching TV commercials and there are several that have made me decide that I really wouldn't want to use their services Just wondering… (Nextdoor Woodland Addition)
• What the heck is this?
  Please don't say stink bug cause I have plenty of those. (Nextdoor The Preserve)

• Learning Care Group posted a job opening for Child Care Center Cook, Everbrook Academy of Eden Prairie in Eden Prairie. Apply here.
• Allied Universal posted a job opening for Security Dispatch Officer - Second Shift in Eden Prairie. Apply here. You can search for other jobs near Eden Prairie here.

🗞 Nearby News

Edina

• New coaching staff looks to guide young and ambitious roster (hometownsource.com)

Minnetonka

• Sound Advice: The downside of owning an electric vehicle (post-gazette.com)

Hopkins

• One Dead After Utility Pole Falls on Vehicle, Starts Fire in Hopkins (krocnews.com)
• 1 killed when utility pole falls on car, catches fire (azfamily.com)

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-- The Patch AM Team

P.S. The answer to today's riddle: If you weren't so sweet, we wouldn't be in this jam! (Thank you Patti F. for sending it in!)
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