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Upper Harbor Amphitheater Breaks Ground; Loring Park Hosts a Free Concert
Crews broke ground May 4 on an 8,000-seat riverfront amphitheater in north Minneapolis run by First Avenue and the Minnesota Orchestra, as Loring Park prepares for its free Peace in the World concert.
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Data-Center Zoning Heads to the Council as Downtown Pushes Office-to-Housing
The Minneapolis City Council voted 8-5 on May 21, 2026, to impose a six-month moratorium on data centers larger than 350,000 square feet, with Ward 7 Council Member Elizabeth Shaffer among the five who opposed it.
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Council Names a Block 'Jamal Mitchell Way' for the Fallen Fifth Precinct Officer
Minneapolis dedicated a one-block stretch of Blaisdell Avenue as Officer Jamal Mitchell Way on May 30, 2026, the second anniversary of the Fifth Precinct officer's killing, at the same intersection where he died.
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Kenwood Concrete Project Reopens Burnham Road Bridge, Shifts Traffic on Sheridan
With the school year ending, families in Lowry Hill, Kenwood and East Isles can register children for summer day programs through the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, the area's largest provider of warm-weather youth programming.
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More Than 70 Trees Headed for the Hennepin-Lyndale Medians
The Minnesota Department of Transportation is planting more than 70 trees, along with shrubs and ornamental beds, in the medians of the Hennepin-Lyndale corridor between Dunwoody Boulevard and the Interstate 94 ramps.
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Uptown Safety Push Continues as a Veteran Inspector Retires
Fifth Precinct Inspector James Novak retired May 1, 2026, after 34 years with the Minneapolis Police Department, as Ward 7's Uptown safety effort moved toward the November launch of an eight-member ambassadors program.
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Mayor Vetoes Two Council Measures; Ward 7 Backs Both Vetoes
Mayor Jacob Frey's vetoes of a 45-day pre-eviction notice ordinance and a measure decriminalizing drug paraphernalia will both stand after the City Council fell short of the votes to override.
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$269,580 in Small-Business Grants Land in Ward 7
Five neighborhood and business groups in and around Ward 7 collected grants from the $1 million the city awarded to 34 community organizations on April 30 to help commercial districts recover from Operation Metro Surge.
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A Summer of Street Work: Loring Park Resurfacing, a Grant Street Bikeway and Gas-Line Upgrades
Crews began rebuilding half a mile of 1st Avenue South, from Grant Street to Franklin Avenue, in late March, the largest of several Ward 7 street and utility projects underway this construction season.
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Renters' Rights Forum and a School-Safety Panel Anchor Spring Community Conversations
Ward 7's spring community-conversations series ran a renters'-rights forum at Hennepin Avenue United Methodist Church on March 28 and helped convene a regional school-safety panel March 5 featuring researchers from Hamline University's Violence Prevention Project.
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Property-Tax Relief and a Round of Rental Assistance
Hennepin County waived late-payment penalties on 2026 property taxes for owners hit by Operation Metro Surge, while the Minneapolis City Council added $2.8 million in emergency rental assistance over the objection of two members and a since-failed veto fight.
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City, County and Transit Police Stand Up a Coordinated Uptown Response
Minneapolis stood up a multi-agency Uptown safety effort this spring, pairing a Fifth Precinct patrol unit that issued 120 trespassing citations and made 60 arrests since March 1 with a centralized police post in the Rainbow Building, county opioid-response outreach and a planned expansion of the city's safety-ambassador program.
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Franklin Avenue Construction Begins as Downtown Weighs Expanding Its Improvement District
Westbound Franklin Avenue closed March 23 for a Hennepin County reconstruction running through fall 2027, as downtown weighed whether to extend its improvement-district assessments to residential properties and the City Council took up a contested $6 million police-training-site purchase.
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From Park Board to City Council: Shaffer's Cross-Government Path
Elizabeth Shaffer reached the Ward 7 City Council seat after serving as a Minneapolis park commissioner, a move between two separately elected governments that share the same neighborhoods.
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Elizabeth Shaffer Takes Ward 7 Seat, Bringing Lowry Hill a New Voice at City Hall
Elizabeth Shaffer, a former Park Board commissioner, was sworn in as Ward 7 council member on Jan. 5 after unseating one-term incumbent Katie Cashman in the city's most expensive council race.
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How the Levy Landed: Comparing Frey's Ask to the Final Number
Mayor Jacob Frey asked for a 7.8% levy increase in August; the City Council adopted 8% in December.
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Council Passes $2 Billion 2026 Budget After Weeks of Negotiation
The Minneapolis City Council adopted a roughly $2 billion 2026 budget on Dec. 9, 2025, on an 11-0-0-2 vote.
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Nearly 40 Amendments: How the Council Reshaped the Mayor's Budget
The City Council amended Mayor Jacob Frey's 2026 budget before adopting it, and rejected his proposed cuts to the mayor's own office.
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Council Vice President Helps Broker the 2026 Budget Deal
Council Vice President Aisha Chughtai and Mayor Jacob Frey jointly announced the 2026 budget agreement that held the city's property-tax levy flat.
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Council Loses Its Veto-Proof Majority as Four Newcomers Join
Four newcomers joined the Minneapolis City Council in January 2026, costing the progressive bloc the nine votes it needed to override Mayor Jacob Frey.
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Council Adopts 2025 Mapping 'Housekeeping' Amendment, Tidying the Zoning Map
The Minneapolis City Council adopted the 2025 Mapping Housekeeping Amendment on Sept. 11, correcting zoning-map errors catalogued after the 2040 plan took effect.
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