The RFP was intentionally written to allow a wide variety of proposals that achieve the best project at the best land price to the city.

The city council is eager to take a new look this year to work with a new group of developers to see what makes sense in 2025.

We were very careful about what trees that were selected to be removed. We're not taking the large oak trees on Graange Road. We know those are very important to the people, residents. They're very important to us. They were protected with our project last year. They'll be protected again with the project this summer.

Edina is just such a well-known skating community. So, I know it draws a lot of good skaters and that made me really interested to be a part of it.

I do I think I want to bring the program to everyone in the community, not just people who maybe their parents skated or they have that history in their family, but to make it accessible to everyone.

It's having it come full circle. I mean, I started in a learn to skate program just like this. Um, so to be able to come back around and coach, it completes me.