Understanding Mental Illness
Free Community Meeting
Thursday, March 31
7-8:30PM
Prior Lake High School
Understanding Mental Illness
Free Community Meeting
Thursday, March 31
7-8:30PM
Prior Lake High School
For Immediate Release                                                                                  December 2, 2015
City of Jordan wins American Public Works Association Project of the Year Award
The City of Jordan is pleased to announce that it won the American Public Works Association – Minnesota Chapter’s Project of the Year Award for its 2015 Downtown Street & Utility Improvements Project. Recent past winners of this award include the City of Eagan’s Cedar Grove Redevelopment (Outlet Mall) and Hennepin County’s Lowry Avenue Bridge. Jordan’s project was up against some very great and deserving projects this year in Bloomington, Carver County, St. Louis Park, Shoreview, Rogers, Camp Ripley, Luverne, Crystal and St. Louis County.  The City feels this award is a great honor to share with our community through the lasting improvements to its downtown.
The City of Jordan would like to thank Bolton & Menk, Chard Tiling, the DAC (Downtown Advisory Committee), EDA and the many citizens that gave input during the planning and design stages of the project.  Bolton & Menk were the engineers and project managers during the project. Chard Tiling was the contractor that completed the work very well even under some challenging conditions and timelines. The DAC group was instrumental in the citizen outreach and design standards reviews.
The City Council feels the project was chosen due to the amount of public input, vast changes in the street-scaping and some of railroad underground boring difficulties it overcame during the project. The City held 26 public meetings prior to deciding on the final designs. The project includes numerous bump-outs with raised planter areas, decorative paver sidewalk sections, community branding street light banners, planting numerous trees, historic style way-fairing signage, decorative benches and trash receptacles. The project’s goals included improvement to the look, feel, and walkability for residents while replacing older utilities and streets in historic downtown. At the beginning stages the City formed a Downtown Advisory Committee to help work through the design elements and follow the City’s downtown visioning plan approved in 2013. This vision is ongoing and the City of Jordan took some great strides forward in 2015, as proven by this honorable recognition of the 2015 downtown street project. Some long-time residents have commented that this is as nice as our downtown has ever looked.
Come Live, Shop and Dine in Jordan’s downtown and see the APWA Project of the Year for 2015!
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The City of Jordan is applying for the Deluxe Small Business Revolution Grant.
The winning town will receive a $500,000 Main Street makeover, including:
Please nominate the City of Jordan  here and help tell our story!
The role of the planning commissioner is to review and act on matters related to planning and development. In addition, commissioners have a role in the updating and adoption of City plans based on community input, staff recommendations, what is best for the whole community, and taking into account its immediate and future needs. The commissioner also reviews development applications, researches planning issues, stays current on planning practices, and monitors code compliance. The commissioner must ensure that each proposal meets the goals and standards set out in the City plans and the land use codes (e.g., zoning ordinance, subdivision regulations, etc.).The commissioner serves in an advisory capacity to the City Council. The commissioner works toward implementing the vision of the community and the City Council for the future as expressed in the City’s Comprehensive Plan. The commissioner should have skills related to civic-mindedness, an interest in planning, objectivity and an open mind to new ideas, ability to listen, ability to express oneself clearly and concisely in public, enough free time to adequately prepare for meetings, no conflicts of interest, be willing to participate in discussions and activities that advance the community, ability to work with a group to achieve general agreement or consensus on community issues, and maintain good working relationships with other planning Commission members, as well as with planning staff, other city staff, the City Council, applicants, consultants, and the public.