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Hennepin County’s canvassing board has certified county election results for the 2022 state general election, and I had the honor of participating in the State General Election Canvassing Board meeting. Election results are not official until they have been reviewed and certified by the canvassing board.
Every county establishes a county canvassing board of five members:
- The county auditor
- The court administrator of the district court in that county
- The mayor or chair of the town board of the most populous municipality in the county
- Two members of the county board.
The county canvass report is sent to the Office of the Secretary of State, where it is carefully reviewed and incorporated into a statewide canvass report that is presented to the State Canvassing Board.
In the 2022 general election, more than 579,000 voters cast a ballot in Hennepin County. Of these, 178,000 cast absentee ballots, and 401,000 voted at their polling place on Election Day. All results are available on the Secretary of State’s election results webpage.
For more information about elections and voting in Hennepin County, visit hennepin.us/elections.
Hennepin plays a critical role in ensuring safe and secure elections, and it is with deep gratitude for the professionalism, integrity, and excellence our elections team demonstrates that I participated in this important part of our elections process.
A homestead classification may qualify your property for a Homestead Market Value Exclusion and save you money on your property taxes. Homesteads are administered by counties, and the deadline to apply is December 31.
Get free help from Hennepin County's Assessor's Office to better understand homestead eligibility and the application process. Wednesday, November 30, from 5:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m., the Assessor's Office will be in at the Hennepin County Library in Hopkins to help.
You may qualify for homestead status if:
- You or one of your relatives live in the home
- You own the home in your name and not as a business entity
- You have a social security number
Apply online now.
Small Business Saturday is November 26, and it’s the perfect time to shop at the local businesses that are an essential part of this community.
For many residents, the Thanksgiving holiday kicks off a season of gathering, dining, shopping, and experiencing arts and culture. Consumers know that supporting small, independently owned businesses have positive social, economic, and environmental impacts—even though it means braving the snowy weather.
That’s why Hennepin County launched the Love Local campaign with multiple cities across the county. The marketing campaign encourages residents to support the essential local businesses that create jobs, boost the local economy, and make our communities vibrant places to live and work.
We encourage you to show your local pride with a Love Local window cling. Get a Love Local window cling for your business here or get in touch with economic.development@hennepin.us.
By Eric Chaloux, KSTP
In Hennepin County, there’s a new effort underway to help those who are unsheltered with a member of the ‘Street to Housing’ team.
“We’re all actively working to reduce the numbers outside—urgently and move people into housing,” said Danielle Werder, with Hennepin County’s Office to End Homelessness. “Each person who is experiencing unsheltered homelessness has their own unique situation.”
The new team launched a few months ago, where workers are out going to encampments, or other places the unsheltered are staying, to try and connect them to housing resources for emergency shelter and permanent housing.
“We believe that everyone needs dignified shelter, and dignified housing, and it’s not ok or safe, or appropriate for people to be outside–which is why we are trying to address the situation,” Werder said.
Access the full article here.
By Rusty Ray, WCCO Radio
Hennepin County health and public safety officials put out a first-of-its-kind overdose alert this week after a higher-than-normal number of drug overdoses—including six overdose deaths.
The alert comes as not so much a warning but as a chance for county teams to reach out to those impacted by the overdoses.
“The point of that intervention is to check on people who are still alive and living with a substance abuse disorder so we can offer help in real time,” said Bauch, the county’s opioid response coordinator. She said “real-time” in these cases typicall means within 24 hours of an overdose.
Access the full story here.
I invite you to join me for the next and last 'Coffee with the Commissioner' event of 2022. We will meet at the Edina Library Conference Room on Saturday, December 3, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Invite a neighbor and RSVP here!
Excelsior Boulevard reopened last week after a 6-month closure of eastbound lanes near Jackson Ave N. It will remain open to traffic in all directions throughout the winter. This closure was essential to advance the unique, post-tensioned segmental construction of the GLE Excelsior Bridge over the roadway and railroad. Work will continue to finish the bridge over the next year, including installing track and fencing and painting the structure.
Excelsior Bridge Construction At-a-Glance
- Construction on the Excelsior LRT Bridge began in August of 2019. The final segment was cast on October 20, 2022.
- Excelsior Bridge is 1620 feet long and is made up of 85 segments. Individual segments range from 8-20 feet tall and approximately 17 feet long.
- It contains over 560 post-tension ‘tendons’, each containing up to 27 cables stressed to between 46,000 and 47,000 pounds of force.
- There are about 157 miles of steel cable throughout the interior of the bridge, over 7000 cubic yards of concrete, over 1.5 million pounds of rebar, and over 2.5 miles of pile underground supporting the structure.
These projects are not possible without the public’s vital partnership and patience during extended closures such as the one endured in Hopkins this summer.
The Hennepin County Board of Commissioners consists of one commissioner from each of seven districts. I am proud to represent Deephaven, north Eden Prairie, Edina, Excelsior, Greenwood, Hopkins, Long Lake, Minnetonka, Minnetonka Beach, northern Mound, Orono, Shorewood, Spring Park, Tonka Bay, Wayzata and Woodland.
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Chris LaTondresse
Commissioner
6th District
612-348-7886
Jessica Oaxaca
District Director
612-348-6885
Kyle Olson
Policy Director
612-348-3168
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