Area Community Guide • March 2026
CITY OF STACY
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30955 Forest Boulevard, Stacy, MN 55056 651-462-4486 Email: acomstock @ stacymn. gov Web: www. stacymn. gov
Hours: Monday, Wednesday, & Thursday, 9 a. m. – 5 p. m.,
Tuesday 11 a. m. to 7 p. m., closed Friday
The City of Stacy in Chisago County offers small-town living as well as bustling commerce and a rich history. In 2023, one hundred years after incorporating, the city annexed the Township of Lent. A population of nearly 4,500 reside in the newly combined city, named after one of the area’ s earliest settlers in 1875, Dr. Stacy B. Collin. Major industries within the city include: concrete production, machining, manufacturing, promotional mailing, engraving, metal crafters, bird-food producing, instrument calibration, tire services, and electronics engineering.
COUNCIL, DEPARTMENTS, COMMISSIONS, AND COMMITTEES
A five-member city council includes the mayor and meets at 7 p. m. on the second Tuesday of each month at the Lent Town Hall. Current council members include Mayor Mark Utecht, Jeff Barrett, Michael Hoppe, Tim Sawatzky, and Dennis Thieling. City departments include Clerk’ s, Finance, Public Works, and Liquor Operations. Commission and Committees include the Planning Commission, Parks and Recreation, Personnel, History, Public Information, Emergency Plan, Maintenance, Liquor, Joint Sewage, Fire Relief, Safety, and Town Hall. A Stacy Economic Development Authority also strives to develop an environment that facilitates job creation and retention and encourages business growth. SEDA welcomes Stacy residents and business owners to serve on its board.
PUBLIC SAFETY
The Stacy-Lent Fire Department station is located on Forest Boulevard and features nine bays, a training simulator, a decontamination room, and energy-efficient lights. Lakes Region EMS also uses the facility as a transfer site. The Chisago County Sheriff’ s Department has a substation within as they provide police protection and other law enforcement services for the city. The Stacy-Lent Fire Department does more than fight fire. It offers safety instruction for kids, appears in parades, participates in playful annual water fights, and holds a Fire House Bash in October that includes station tours, live music, food, and drawings. The department is comprised of thirty specially-trained firefighters including three elected chiefs.
MUNICIPAL PARKS AND RECREATION
Doyle Ball Field— 30309 Forest Boulevard, features two lighted ball fields, a concession building run by the Stacy Lions, and play equipment
Lions Park – 5859 Stacy Trail, offers a ball field, play equipment, Sunrise Prairie Trail access, restrooms, a pavilion, and a fire ring
Reiger Olson Park – 30785 Forest Boulevard( behind the Fire Hall), includes a 9-hold disc golf course, play equipment, and a ball field
Swanberg Park – 33155 Hemingway Avenue, features accessible play equipment, a ball field, two pickleball courts, a pavilion, and grills
The Twins Field – 30493 Fir Trail, features a ball field.
FOOD SHELF FIGHTS HUNGER
The Rush City Food Shelf, located inside the community center, represents a whole community of people – church congregations, civic groups, businesses and neighbors – working together to fulfill its simple mission:“ To supply food to people expressing a need.”
The organization serves families with income challenges, seniors on fixed incomes, one-parent households, and those managing disabilities, high medical expenses or emergencies The food shelf needs volunteers, donations of food and money, and many other forms of support to continue preventing hunger.
The food shelf opens at 3 p. m. each Tuesday and stays open until 6 p. m. on the fourth Tuesday of each month, and is currently using a drive-through distribution method. It welcomes donations of non-perishable canned and boxed items, fruits and vegetables, toiletries, juice, cleaning supplies, cereal and more. Donations can be dropped off at any local church or the Rush City Food Shelf during business hours. The food shelf also encourages cash gifts; for every dollar it receives, it can buy $ 9 worth of food from the non-profit supplier and hunger-relief organization, Second Harvest Heartland.
Rush City Food Shelf, 720 W. 14th St., 320-358-4428,( if you need help right away, call 763-274-8055), rushcityfoodshelf @ gmail. com. Get updates on Facebook @ rushcityfoodshelf.