Meet Edina's Hometown Heroes

Edina is made up of people who pride themselves with making the city a great place for living, learning, raising families and doing business.

Lois Ring

Lois Ring regularly challenges Edina residents to see their community through prisms they may never have imagined. In her tenure as Chair of Edina’s Public Art Committee from 2010 to 2012, and in her everyday life, Lois finds ways to help artists use their designs to transform ordinary public spaces into unique scenes of grace, vitality and inspiration.

“I want to expose as many people as possible to the beauty of art and the appreciation for imagination,” says Lois.

“The Pinecone,” a sculpture in Centennial Lakes Park by artist Maria McEachron, is an example of a recent work Lois helped bring public to enhance the space. “‘The Pinecone’ symbolizes the beauty of nature in a unique form. It glistens in the sunshine and sparkles during snowfalls. It uplifts the soul.”

In helping local artists decide where to display their works, the whimsical and creative Edina resident is always looking at things through a lens of innovation. “I have a creative thinking mind,” she explains. “I’m always trying to make things more exciting, interesting or efficient.” Many of her most inspired ideas, she says, come to her in the morning.

Lois encourages others to look at life in fresh ways because doing so can “open their minds up to fresh opportunities and allow them to discover passions they never knew about.”
 

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Under state law, a city with a population of more than 15,000 must annually notify its residents of the positions and salaries of its three highest-paid employees. As of Jan. 1, 2013, those positions in Edina are City Manager, $156,043; Police Chief, $129,958; and Director of Engineering, $129,958.

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