Reasons to Participate: Grocery Stores and Blake Road

Learn what the market looks like for grocery stores: Scott Driskill, the owner of , approached the city a year ago for help with repositioning the store to be financially viable—saying that the store’s location and size don’t allow it to be competitive in today’s market. Hennepin County awarded Hopkins a grant to study the viability of a downtown grocery store. Find out what that study had to say at Tuesday’s City Council work session.

Check out what’s going on with the area: 2011 saw big improvements to the Blake Road area—from that added green space to . At Tuesday’s work session, staff will update the council on the next steps ahead. City officials will then discuss what they want to happen with the Cold Storage site specifically.

See what parameters the school district will use to develop its budget: Citizens Financial Advisory Committee is a small group of residents that provides financial advice to help the School Board make decisions. On Tuesday, they and district administrators will present proposed parameters for crafting the 2012-13 budget. Find out what these parameters are at Tuesday’s School Board work session.

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Meetings

Hopkins School Board

• 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday
• Boardroom,

Hopkins School Board

• 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday
• Boardroom,

Hopkins City Council

• 6:30 p.m. Tuesday
• Raspberry Room,