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Whether it was our distinct neighborhoods, our social, religious and ethnic heritage, our retail stores, restaurants, medical facilities, family-owned businesses, corporations or our award-winning schools that brought you here, I’d like to welcome you to the Park and thank you for choosing this community. St. Louis Park is an established community of 10.8 square miles that in a little more than 115 years has grown from a village of 45 families to a community of more than 46,000 residents. We continue to redevelop and reinvent ourselves and we have continued to redevelop the community even during the downturn of the economy. Our community is built firmly upon the strength of our neighborhoods. It’s evident every year at the more than 100 annual National Night Out parties held throughout the Park, but it’s also evident each day as residents gather for neighborhood meetings, social gatherings and community service. We tell people to experience life in the Park, and we want you to experience it for a lifetime. St. Louis Park has been named one of the nation’s “100 Best Communities for Young People” year after year by America’s Promise – The Alliance for Youth. We spend a lot of time as community leaders here asking what we can do next to remain a forward-thinking, desirable community. We have some great ideas, and we firmly believe that we have an exciting future ahead of us. We look forward to building that future with you.
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Shaping the city’s direction
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While St. Louis Park’s city council members serve in a part-time capacity, they meet frequently to help guide staff and shape the city’s future. The council members and mayor receive a stipend for their work, but a city manager oversees day-to-day operations. The city manager, in turn, oversees department directors who help reach the city’s goals. St. Louis Park voters elect the mayor and six City Council members to four-year terms. Four council members represent specific areas of the city while two are at-large members of the council. The mayor also serves as council member and represents the entire city. Elections are held in November in odd-numbered years. The City Council holds regular meetings on the first and third Mondays of each month at 7:30 p.m. in City Hall, 5005 Minnetonka Blvd. When these dates fall on a holiday, the meeting is rescheduled. To verify meeting dates, call 952-924-2505 or check the city’s website at stlouispark.org. Council meetings are also carried live on cable TV channel 17 and replayed frequently. They are also available on demand at parktv.org. Call 952924-2660 for more information on viewing council meetings.
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The council also typically meets 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month at City Hall to discuss city business through in-depth discussions among members. City Manager Tom Harmening leads the city staff. The main city phone number is 952-9242500. A detailed list of city staff phone numbers and email addresses is available on the city website, stlouispark.org.
School Board The St. Louis Park School Board, which operates independently of the city government, sets the policies for school programs. Supt. Rob Metz, working with school district staff, carries out the board’s policy decisions. The board’s general comment line is 952-9286040. School Board elections are held in the November of odd-numbered years. The School Board is comprised of seven St. Louis Park citizens, each elected for a four-year term. Like the City Council, the board members do not serve full-time but receive a stipend for their work. Call the district at 952-928-6000 or visit slpschools.org for more information.
history
St. Louis Park has a long history of being one of the first Minneapolis suburbs and also one of its most welcoming to new residents. The St. Louis Park Historical Society has helped document that history. Since St. Louis Park sprang up in the 1800s, the suburb has transformed from an industrial railroad stop to a city with a diverse commercial base and more than 46,000 residents. The city is home to both upscale and historic shopping centers, office centers and neighborhood businesses. In a few areas, the city retains remnants of the industry that for decades drove the town’s economy. The St. Louis Park Historical Society’s website, slphistory.org, contains an index with a plethora of information about the people, businesses, celebrations, places of worship, school, neighborhoods and many other aspects that have formed the lifeblood of the community. Since 1971, the St. Louis Park Historical Society has gathered, organized and shared pieces of St. Louis Park’s unique past. Incorporated as a village in 1886, Park was styled as an industrial town when lumberman T.B. Walker bought up and replatted 2,000 acres of farmland in 1890. Foreshadowing modern zoning, Walker created industrial,
commercial and residential areas. He brought in factories, built commercial buildings and even built houses for his workers. The factories are long gone, but the Walker Building, built in 1892, is still on Walker Street, and there are still upward of 50 so-called “Walker Houses” in use today. Walker’s experiment failed with the Depression of 1893, and the village stayed small up until and during World War II. But with the return of servicemen, demand for consumer goods and general prosperity after the war, St. Louis Park became a boomtown. The St. Louis Park Historical Society operates out of the Lenox Community Center, 6715 Minnetonka Blvd., which is staffed 10 a.m. to noon Thursdays or by appointment. It also operates the city’s Historic Milwaukee Road Depot, in which the society stores artifacts from St. Louis Park’s past. The society publishes a quarterly newsletter, called the Re-Echo. The St. Louis Park Historical Society is a nonprofit organization staffed solely by volunteers and is always looking for more people to help preserve Park’s past. To contact the Society or donate materials, email history@slphistory.org. 5
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A sure sign of summer in St. Louis Park is the arrival of the city’s major community festival, Parktacular. Inflatable play structures, children’s games and food vendors appear at Wolfe Park annually, along with community organization booths, parade floats, crowds and a host of other visible icons of seasonal celebrations. Led by a group of volunteers, Parktacular welcomes summer every June during the weekend of Father’s Day. The running theme of the St. Louis Park get-together is “Splash Into Summer.” Events are planned for people of all ages and include a Senior Dinner with entertainment, a street dance, a Grand Day Parade, numerous “Kidtacular” activities like a petting zoo and pony rides, a faith service, a Belgian Waffle Brunch and much more. Many activities are free. A Parktacular button provides entry to select events and discounts at local businesses. See parktacular.org for more details, to volunteer or to be a sponsor. Parktacular is one of several community activities that take place each year. A Summer Concert Series is also held. Performances usually take place at Veterans’ Memorial
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Amphitheater at Wolfe Park, 3700 Monterey Drive. Concerts are typically held Wednesdays with some Friday and Saturday night concerts scheduled as well. Information is available on the city website, stlouispark.org. A farmers market attracts fans of locally grown products on a weekly basis during a season that begins in June and runs into September. While the city has experimented with hosting two farmers markets, St. Louis Park in 2013 moved back to one centralized location in the Wolfe Park area on the plaza by the St. Louis Park Recreation Center. No registration or admission is required to attend. The market, dubbed “Fresh Tuesdays,” is open Tuesdays mid-afternoon to early evening. The market features an assortment of fresh products direct from a local farm. Another highlight is the annual Children First Ice Cream Social, held each year in Wolfe Park in May and featuring complimentary ice cream cones, music and information about community organizations. Children First is a prominent nonprofit that was born out of a partnership among the education, faith, city, health and business communities. Details on Children First can be found at childrenfirst.org and elsewhere in this community guide.
police
When residents and visitors to St. Louis Park call 911, their call is routed to a dispatcher in the city who can connect them with emergency assistance. The St. Louis Park Police Department employs seven dispatchers in addition to 52 sworn police officers, six support staff, one community liaison and three community service officers. St. Louis Park has had its own police force since 1934, and the department continues to carry on a tradition of serving and protecting the city. The St. Louis Park Police Department handles tens of thousands of services requests annually and utilizes the Community Oriented Policing philosophy designed to build community partnership, create organizational transformation and promote a systematic approach to problem solving. St. Louis Park’s police officers are professionals with college or advanced training in all aspects of law enforcement – human relations, first aid, crime prevention and other areas. Available 24 hours a day, police officers are empowered to patrol the community, arrest suspects and investigate crime. The police department’s reactive efforts – patrol, investigation and intervention – are balanced with crime prevention, community outreach and school liaison services.
Patrol officers respond to routine calls for service, such as suspicious activity and noise complaints. They also respond to emergency incidents, such as medical assistance and fires. Police work after a crime has occurred includes preparing cases for charging, following up on incidents and conducting searches. The police department is based at 3015 Raleigh Ave., adjacent to City Hall’s south parking lot. The department’s administrative number is 952924-2600. The police station houses the emergency communications and 911 center, administrative offices, the city jail and training and meeting rooms. Group tours may be arranged by calling 952-9242125. St. Louis Park has three police substations, or COP Shops. The newest substation is located at The Shops of West End at 1623 West End Blvd. Other substations are the Excelsior & Grand Cop Shop, 4717 Park Commons Drive, and a substation at Texa-Tonka Shopping Center, Texas Avenue and Minnetonka Boulevard. Hours vary since the substations are primarily used by officers to write reports and meet with people who have made advance arrangements. Call the administrative number for more information. 7
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fire department
When St. Louis Park Fire Chief Luke Stemmer retired in 2013 after more than three decades serving the community, he left behind a legacy of a transformed department. In the summer of 2012, St. Louis Park opened two new stations built from the ground up on the sites of its previous stations. The new stations replaced fire stations constructed in the 1960s that did not meet current accessibility rules for public buildings or fully accommodate staffing for both male and female firefighters. Fire Station One, 3750 Wooddale Ave., is a twostory building with more than 30,000 square-feet of space. It also features a memorial to three St. Louis Park firefighters who lost their lives in the line of duty. Fire Station Two, 2262 Louisiana Ave., is a onestory structure and contains nearly 17,000 squarefeet of space. Full-time firefighters work with paidon-call firefighters to provide service around the clock. The Fire Department employs approximately 24 full-time staff members, including firefighters, administrators and support staff. It also employs 30 paid-on-call firefighters who provide backup to St. Louis Park’s full-time firefighters by helping out at
medical emergencies, fires, car accidents and disasters. The Fire Department is responsible for extinguishing fires, responding to medical emergencies and car accidents, overseeing clean-up of hazardous material spills, providing disaster recovery services, preventing fires by inspecting apartment buildings and offices, enforcing fire code compliance and investigating causes of fires. After the new fire stations opened, the Fire Department’s administrative office moved from City Hall to Fire Station One. The fire department’s nonemergency phone number is 952-924-2595. City staff members inspect businesses and apartment buildings to ensure they are in sound condition and that heating, mechanical and fire protection systems work properly. Upon request, firefighters also will visit homes to advise residents on where to place smoke detectors, carbon monoxide detectors or how to create an evacuation plan. Call 952-924-2595 for more information. Other services the fire department provides include public education, water and ice rescue, confined space, rope, emergency preparedness, fire protection advice, station tours and ride-along opportunities. 9
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The St. Louis Park Library is a small branch library that provides access to the larger Hennepin County Library system. That system serves 1.1 million residents in Minneapolis and its suburbs. St. Louis Park’s library, at 3240 Library Lane, became a part of the Hennepin County Library system in 1960 and moved into its current building in 1968, according to the St. Louis Park Historical Society. The county library system itself dates back to 1922. The Minneapolis Library system merged with the county library in 2008 to create a more extensive collection. The county system, one of the best in the nation, offers more than 5 million books, CDs and DVDs in 40 languages. Residents may request materials from the system’s other 40 library branches if they are not immediately available at the St. Louis Park Library. The history of the St. Louis Park Library dates back to 1913 when the Village Council approved an ordinance establishing a village library. The library briefly existed on a building on Walker Street before moving down the road the next year to the local high school, then located on the present-day site of Central Community Center and Park Spanish Immersion School. The St. Louis Park School District eventually
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informed the city it needed the space used by the library, prompting the library’s designation as a Hennepin County Library branch and a move back down Walker Street until the construction of its present building. The Friends of the Saint Louis Park Library today serves as an independent organization that supports the local branch library by fundraising, book sales, volunteering, promoting the St. Louis Park Library in the community and supporting activities. The Friends of the Saint Louis Park Library group is part of the Friends of the Hennepin County Library, which works to purchase books and work on outreach services for all system libraries. The St. Louis Park Library hosts monthly activities from job preparation workshops to children’s story time activities. Featured services include adaptive technology, art, 33 computer workstations, language collections and meeting rooms. The St. Louis Park Library’s hours are 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Mondays and Tuesdays; 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays; 1-9 p.m. Thursdays; and noon to 5 p.m. Sundays. Its telephone number is 612-543-6125. For more information on the Hennepin County Library system, including the St. Louis Park Library, visit hclib.org.
parks
New residents of St. Louis Park should not have to search long to find a park in their neighborhood. The suburb is home to 51 parks. As a steward of its environment, St. Louis Park promotes recycling in many of its higher-volume parks. To encourage this practice and reduce the amount of trash thrown into the recycling containers, the city uses a yellow barrel with a flat top in these locations. It is clearly marked and identifiable as a recycling container. Parks included in this recycling project: Aquila, Bass Lake, Carson, Dakota, Fern Hill, Freedom, Keystone, Louisiana Oaks, Northside, Oak Hill, Shelard, Skippy, Twin Lakes, Walker, Westwood Nature Center and Wolfe Park. Plastic bottles and aluminum cans will be collected in the yellow recycling containers. Wolfe Park, 3700 Monterey Drive, is one of the city’s largest and is home to Veterans’ Memorial Amphitheater. Its eight terraced tiers offer seating for 200 people. The concrete stage at the bottom of the hill is edged with trees and shrubs. When no public events are scheduled, the amphitheater can be rented for weddings and other private events 8 a.m. to 10 p.m., daily. Wolfe Park also features basketball and sand volleyball courts, a year-
round pavilion and a walkway around Wolfe Lake. St. Louis Park’s two off-leash dog parks offer an opportunity for residents and their dogs to get out and enjoy the outdoors. The dog parks are located at Cedar Knoll Park, 2541 Nevada Ave. S., and Dakota Park, 2643 Dakota Ave. S. To use the dog parks, residents must have a current St. Louis Park dog license. Hours for the dog parks are 7 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. Nonresidents must purchase an annual permit at the price of $50. Permits are available by visiting the inspections department weekdays between 8 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. at St. Louis Park City Hall, 5005 Minnetonka Blvd. Another notable park is Oak Hill Park, 3201 Rhode Island Ave. S. The park offers a splash pad late May through early September. The city annually commemorates Independence Day with a celebration at Aquila Park, 3100 Xylon Ave. S. A full list of parks is available at stlouispark.org. St. Louis Park’s Community Education program operates through the St. Louis Park School District and offers program for preschoolers, youth, adults and seniors. Activities include swimming lessons, yoga, aerobics, kickboxing and other fitness classes. For more information, call 952-928-6000 or visit slpcommunityed.com. 11
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schools
St. Louis Park Public Schools are adding on amid a period of growth. The St. Louis Park School Board has plans to add on to district elementary schools thanks to increasing enrollment. Enrollment in the district is near 4,500. Over its long history, the district has seen ebbs and flows in the number of students served. The district began with just 51 students in 1888 but burgeoned to more than 11,000 students by the mid-1960s, according to the St. Louis Park Historical Society. Every one of the St. Louis Park School District’s traditional public schools has been recognized as a National School of Excellence by the U.S. Department of Education. Schools of Excellence are national models for academic performance. St. Louis Park has three traditional elementary schools serving students in kindergarten through fifth grade. They are Aquila Elementary, 8500 West 31st St.; Peter Hobart Elementary, 6500 West 26th St.; and Susan Lindgren Elementary, 4801 West 41st St. The schools are authorized participants of the International Baccalaureate Primary Years Programme.
St. Louis Park also operates Park Spanish Immersion School, 6300 Walker St., for students in kindergarten through fifth grade. Students study the same nationally recognized curriculum as other St. Louis Park students with all classes taught in Spanish. Entrance to the program is allowed at kindergarten. St. Louis Park Middle School, 2025 Texas Ave. S., serves students in sixth through eighth grades. Administrators are working on plans for an International Baccalaureate Middle Years Programme at the school. St. Louis Park High School, 6425 West 33rd St., has long served students in ninth through 12th grades. Thanks to a federal innovation grant, the high school created “academies” designed to allow students to explore various career fields while still in high school. St. Louis Park students may choose from numerous sports. A wide array of co-curricular activities such as drama, Science Olympiad, math team and music groups are available. The school district offices are located at St. Louis Park High School. The district’s general number is 952-928-6000. The district website is slpschools. org. 13
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There’s so much to discover in St. Louis Park. Discover St. Louis Park (DSLP) focuses on strengthening the awareness of St. Louis Park as a prime meeting, event and visitor destination. They work to increase awareness of the community’s assets both regionally and nationally – and even sometimes internationally all the while keeping the community itself aware of its amenities. This helps support economic development, community growth and provides economic impact for the area as a whole. DSLP proactively markets to a variety of groups including corporate meetings, business transient travel, leisure travelers, events, group tours, reunions, weddings, sports groups, associations meetings and social events, the majority of which come from outside the metro area and out of state. They emphasize the progressiveness of the suburb and its comfortably close location to downtown Minneapolis, major attractions, sporting events, while having vibrant and diverse shopping and dining options within St. Louis Park along with the charm of a small town and excitement of being adjacent to a major metropolitan area.
St. Louis Park boasts top notch hotels, unique meeting spaces, a variety of sports facilities, fascinating history and museums which all make the community suited for a variety of events. St. Louis Park boasts top notch hotels, unique meeting spaces, a variety of sports facilities, fascinating history and museums which all make the community suited for a variety of events. Many people locally and regionally may not know all of the things there are to do in St. Louis Park, but it is evident as more awareness is generated that people are impressed,
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With that being said, even residents aren’t always fully aware of all the facilities within the city. A great example is the fact that St. Louis Park is home to Minnesota’s only urban winery which can accommodate events up to 125 people. Contact them for a complimentary Visitor Guide or Meeting and Event guide and make sure to visit their web site, join their friends list and connect with them on social media to stay up-to-date on events and news happening in our city.
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medical
When medical problems arise, St. Louis Park residents have the option of turning to the employees of the city’s largest employer, Park Nicollet. For many years, Park Nicollet served the metropolitan area from a home base in St. Louis Park. At the beginning of 2013, the regional health care provider officially merged with Bloomington-based HealthPartners. The overall organization took the HealthPartners name and its headquarters, but health care centers continue to use separate names and significant operations continue in St. Louis Park. The organization operates Park Nicollet Methodist Hospital at 6500 Excelsior Blvd., as well as a clinical campus at 3800, 3850 and 3900 Park Nicollet Blvd. in St. Louis Park. A HealthPartners West Clinic also operates at 5100 Gamble Drive, Suite 100, in St. Louis Park. Methodist Hospital serves more than 50,000 patients annually and serves as the host site for the Park Nicollet Heart and Vascular Center and the Frauenshuh Cancer Center. Park Nicollet offers medical diagnosis and treatment, health education, self-care products and more. Park Nicollet operates neighborhood clinics, urgent care sites, Methodist Hospital, pharmacies,
optical stores, contact lens stores, hearing centers and stores, health and care stores, a sleep center and store, a boutique and a breastfeeding center. The entity also consists of Park Nicollet Foundation and Park Nicollet Institute. Combined, the organization employs thousands in St. Louis Park and throughout the metropolitan area. Park Nicollet also operates the International Diabetes Center at Park Nicollet and the Melrose Institute in St. Louis Park as well as the Struthers Parkinson’s Center in nearby Golden Valley. Park Nicollet Foundation takes the work of Park Nicollet Clinic and Methodist Hospital into the community. The foundation provides millions of dollars in annual funding to numerous organizations. It funds grief support and education to students who have lost loved ones, services like music therapy and support groups, immunizations for children in 25 area school districts and research aimed at improving patient care and treatment. Park Nicollet Foundation’s Healthy Community Fund supports programs that provide care to a vibrant community across the full spectrum of life, from at-home care for new babies to its Successful Aging Initiative. For more information, visit parknicollet.com or healthpartners.com. 19
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Some of the West Metro’s sleekest and newest commercial destinations are in St. Louis Park. The Shops at West End and The Shops at Excelsior & Grand have attracted much attention. On the heels of those development, the venerable Knollwood Mall, a business destination since 1955, is poised for an upgrade that could help make it more of a destination as well. Plans for Knollwood Mall, at 8337 Hwy. 7, would remove the interior and open up a row of storefronts along Hwy. 7. A new building is also in the works. To learn more about the mall’s current tenants, visit knollwoodmall.com. Across town, The Shops at West End made a splash in the region when it opened in 2009. The shopping center is home to restaurants and live music venues as well as fashion and other retail stores. A 14-screen theater offers stadium seating and the option to purchase VIP tickets allowing patrons to enjoy cocktails and food during films. Set near the intersection of Interstate 394 and Hwy. 100, West End construction began in 2008 at a cost of about $400 million, the priciest project in St. Louis Park’s history. Visit theshopsatwestend.com for a list of stores and more information.
St. Louis Park has also become known in the area for its Excelsior and Grand mixed-use development, which offers a combination of upscale amenities in a pedestrian-friendly, urban-style environment. City officials worked on guiding the plan for the project for years, located at Excelsior Boulevard and Grand Way. The final phase of the mixed-use development opened in 2007. The development includes a Town Green and public art in the form of a fountain and the bronze and gold statue, Allegory of Excelsior. Not far away, another smaller scale shopping area has opened on the northwest corner of Excelsior Boulevard and France Avenue. The redevelopment project, called Ellipse on Excelsior, is a five-story mixed use building with 132 residential apartments, 16,394 square-feet of commercial on the ground floor and underground and surface parking. For more information, go to ellipseonexcelsior.com. Meanwhile, St. Louis Park’s historic Miracle Mile Shopping Center at Excelsior Boulevard and near Highway 100 has served residents since 1951. More information can be found by going online to Miraclemilemall.com. 21
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Finding faith in St. Louis Park
Aldersgate United Methodist Church 3801 Wooddale Ave. 952-929-6725 aldersgatemn.com Bais Yisroel Synagogue 4221 Sunset Blvd. 952-926-7867 baisyisroel.org Beth El Synagogue 5224 West 26th St. 952-920-3512 bethelsynagogue.org Calvary Worship Center 9500 Minnetonka Blvd. 952-931-9870 calvaryworship.com Congregation Darchei Noam 2950 Joppa Ave. S. Info: 952-452-8476 darcheinoammn.org
Holy Family Catholic Church 5900 West Lake St. 952-929-0113 hfcmn.org
Peace Presbyterian Church 7624 Cedar Lake Road 952-545-2586 peaceprez.weebly.com
Kenesseth Israel Synagogue 4330 W. 28th St. 952-920-2183 kenessethisrael.org
Prince of Peace Lutheran Church 8115 Hwy. 7 952-938-5400 popslp.org
Knollwood Christian Church 3639 Quebec Ave. S. 952-938-1121 knollwoodcc.org Lutheran Church of the Reformation 2544 Hwy. 100 S. 952-929-0439 reformationslp.org
St. Dunstan’s Anglican Church 4241 Brookside Ave. 952-920-9122 stdunstananglican.org St. George’s Episcopal Church 5224 Minnetonka Blvd. 952-926-1646 stgeorgesonline.org
Or Emet Minnesota Congregation for Humanistic Judaism 4330 Cedar Lake Road S. 651-699-6302 oremet.org Park Assembly of God 1615 Texas Ave. S. 952-545-2326 parkassembly.org
St. Louis Park Evangelical Free Church 6805 Minnetonka Blvd. 952-929-3815 slpfree.org Seed of Abraham Messianic Congregation 9500 Minnetonka Blvd. 952-926-6226 seedofabraham.org LIST CONTINUED ON NEXT PAGE
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A variety of churches and synagogues in St. Louis Park provide places of worship and reflection for people from throughout the region. The following congregations are based in St. Louis Park:
Worship FROM PREVIOUS PAGE Spirit of Christ Community Lutheran Church 5801 Minnetonka Blvd. 952-929-6465 spiritofchristcommunity. org
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Children First
St. Louis Park stands alone among Minnesota communities that have been named 100 Best Communities for Young People six times, awarded annually by the America’s Promise Alliance. St. Louis Park has an unbroken record of consecutive wins from the national organization, which has cited St. Louis Park nonprofit Children First as one of the factors contributing to the city’s success. The idea for Children First sprang from the hearts of two business owners who were members of the Rotary Club of St. Louis Park. These men were convinced more needed to be done for youth in the community. The result was the launching of a community wide initiative in 1993 to build “developmental assets” in all young people in St. Louis Park. Children First is based on Search Institute’s concept of 40 developmental assets. The Search Institute has identified the following building blocks: support, empowerment, boundaries and expectations, constructive use of time, commitment to learning, and positive values and identity. Search Institute’s research shows that kids who have a lot of assets of these kinds are more likely to do well in school, volunteer in the community, care about others and less likely to use tobacco or drugs or be sexually active.
What makes Children First different from other similar organizations is that it is operated as a philosophy rather than a program. It focuses on positive character-building attributes – not negative atrisk behavior – and calls everyone in the community to provide support for youth. This unique combination ensures that all kids in St. Louis Park get the care and support they need. More than 80 people are part of Children First’s Asset Champions Network in St. Louis Park. Anyone from St. Louis Park may join. The Asset Champions seek to focus on building assets through their workplaces, schools or through volunteer activities. Some ideas the nonprofit provides for building assets include being available to children in your family or neighborhood and showing them you care; planning youth activities through neighborhood associations; considering impacts on children and teenagers when developing business policies; developing children’s programs through one’s congregation; volunteering at St. Louis Park schools; inviting students to join activities; and providing leadership opportunities for youth. Info: 952-928-6075, info@children-first.org, children-first.org or Children First, 6425 W. 33rd St., St. Louis Park, MN 55426. 27
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