COMMUNITY GUIDE 2024
CRYSTAL | ROBBINSDALE NEW HOPE | GOLDEN VALLEY
New Hope began with independent streak
Though now a suburb surrounded by other cities , New Hope traces its founding back to agrarian politics when the area bordered a developing community .
The city began as New Hope Township with approximately 600 people . The community was born of an outspoken group of residents , many agricultural workers , who didn ’ t want to pay taxes to the newly formed city of Crystal in 1936 .
As a result , the border of Crystal and New Hope is noticeably jagged , as property owners struggled over which city they wanted to belong to .
The city of New Hope was incorporated in 1953 and had 2,500 residents by 1958 . Today , New Hope is a 5.1-squaremile city that borders Golden Valley at Medicine Lake Road on the south , Brooklyn Park at 62nd Avenue on the north , Plymouth at Highway 169 on the west and Crystal on the east . New Hope has a population of more than 21,000 residents .
The city has a Plan B council / manager form of government and employs about 90 full-time staff members . The five-member city council , elected at large , meets on the second and fourth Mondays of the month . All regular council meetings and planning commission meetings are cablecast on Channel 16 and live-streamed online .
The city is served by the New Hope Police Department and the West Metro Fire-Rescue District , which also serves Crystal .
The police station and city hall are located at 4401 Xylon Ave . N . Nearby Civic Center Park underwent a near-total renovation , and the New Hope Aquatic Park opened to the public for its first season in 2021 . The city center also includes commercial and residential land uses , school district administrative offices and a bus garage .
New Hope has 18 parks , a nine-hole golf course , an ice arena , a skate park , an aquatic center , a disc golf course , an outdoor performance center , a full-sized grocery store , plenty of dining options , two off-leash dog parks and a community gym . The performance center hosts the annual Off-Broadway Musical Theatre production as well as Music in the Park .
The entire city is in the Robbinsdale Area School District and is home to five schools , including Spanish Immersion School at Sunny Hollow , Sonnesyn and Meadow Lake elementary schools and Cooper High School . There is also a bilingual Spanish and English charter school called Escuela Exitos .
Information : newhopemn . gov
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