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Hennepin County is expected to bring its final design for rebuilding Lyndale Avenue South to the Minneapolis City Council this month, after a June 1 public meeting where Uptown business owners and cyclists clashed over a plan that adds a bikeway and cuts about a quarter of on-street parking.

Big Hill Books, the general-interest bookstore Beth Thompson opened at 405 Penn Ave. S. in July 2023, has become a fixture of Bryn Mawr's small business district.

The Lyndale Neighborhood Association launched its first shop-local passport in July 2025, bundling 24 businesses across the Lyndale and Kingfield neighborhoods into a single program of deals and weekly prize drawings.

Uptown business owners welcomed Hennepin Avenue's Oct. 31 reopening after roughly 18 months of construction that some said cut their sales by more than half.

The Lowry Hill East Neighborhood Association is canvassing Wedge storefronts to learn what local businesses need ahead of major construction on both of the neighborhood's commercial corridors.
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