Veterans Memorial

The Edina Park Board's Veterans Memorial Committee is leading an effort to build an Edina Veterans Memorial.

Edina’s rich and proud legacy of patriotic service extends back to the Civil War. The Edina Veterans Memorial will be a unifying symbol of shared community values in honoring all Edina veterans of our nation’s armed forces -- past, present and future. The 32 native and adopted sons of Edina who died in the time of war will be individually remembered at the new Veteran’s Memorial to be built at the intersection of 50th Street and Woodale Avenue at Utley Park in Edina.

In November 2011, the Edina City Council approved the design by landscape architecture firm Short Elliot Hendrickson, Inc.  for the Veterans Memorial. The City will contribute $30,000 for design expenses. Construction cannot begin at the Utley Park site until $450,000 has been raised through private contributions.

The approved plan features:

  • V-shaped granite plaza (emblematic of “victory") leading up to the focal point of the memorial.
  • The focal point features a polished granite wall graced by a bronze eagle and wreath created by professional sculptor Robert Eccleston.
  • The wall will feature the names of the 32 Edina soldiers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty since the City’s founding. 
  • Three illuminated flagpoles will be placed at the edge of the plaza hoisted with the American flag, state flags and white on black POW flag to honor troops in captivity or missing in action.

Click here to view a slideshow presentation about the project.

Donations to the Veteran’s Memorial can be sent to the Edina Community Foundation, 5280 Grandview Square or online.

 

 

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Veterans Memorial Committee

An all-volunteer committee has been working on this project since 2010. Committee members include  Bob Benson, Frank Cardarelle, Jason Christiaansen, Chair Mike Goergen, Justin Kieffer, Bob Kojetin, Herbert Lefler, John Lonsbury, Richard Olson, Robert Reed, Marshall Schwartz and former Parks & Recreation Director John Keprios. Recreation Supervisor Kristin Aarsvold serves as staff liaison to the group.

Government Corner

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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