Bottineau Community Works

Collaborative corridor planning for the METRO Blue Line LRT Extension

To prepare for the planned METRO Blue Line Extension (Bottineau) light rail transit project, Hennepin County is partnering with cities in the northwest metro to identify and pursue community and economic development opportunities.

Through the Bottineau Community Works program, Hennepin County and cities in the Bottineau corridor (Brooklyn Park, Crystal, Golden Valley, Minneapolis, and Robbinsdale) are making policy and infrastructure improvements that benefit our communities today, in advance of light rail, and into the future.

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Meetings and materials

Bottineau Community Works Steering Committee

The Bottineau Community Works Steering Committee provides policymaker guidance for the Bottineau Community Works program. It includes elected officials and policymakers from Hennepin County, the Metropolitan Council, corridor cities and other partners.

The Bottineau Community Works Steering Committee meets on the third Monday of every other month at 10:30 a.m.

2023 membership roster (PDF)

Next meeting

Monday, September 16, 2024
Time: 10:30 AM – 12 PM
Brookdale Library, main conference rom
6125 Shingle Creek Pkwy, Brooklyn Center, MN 55430
Brookdale Library map
Watch the meeting live

Past meetings

January 22, 2024

Meeting agenda (PDF)

September 18, 2023

July 17, 2023

May 15, 2023

March 20, 2023

January 23, 2023

September 19, 2022

May 16, 2022

May meeting agenda (PDF)

April 4, 2022

January 24, 2022

January meeting notes (PDF)

November 15, 2021

September 20, 2021

July 19, 2021

April 13, 2021

Station area plans

The area within a half-mile radius or a ten-minute walk of planned light rail transit stations is commonly referred to as the “station area.” Typically, this is where investments in transit infrastructure are expected to generate the greatest community opportunities and impacts. Most Bottineau Community Works program activities are focused on enhancements within station areas. Activities include:

Improving mobility and connections for people walking, biking and rolling
Increasing the impact of public and private investments in housing, commercial development and infrastructure
Creating economic opportunity through increased access to jobs, as well as business recruitment and development
Fostering healthy communities connected to regional services and amenities, educational institutions, public spaces and natural places

Updating station area analysis

With the new route for the Blue Line Extension advanced in 2023, cities may also choose to revisit station area plans completed for the prior alignment. To begin this process, some cities have already begun updating analysis and concepts to inform future station area planning processes. The below documents provide recommendations for consideration by individual cities and agency partners.

Updated Robbinsdale station area plan - 2023 (PDF)

Updated Crystal station area plan - 2023 (PDF)

Previous station area plans

Van White Boulevard

Penn Avenue station

Plymouth Avenue station

Golden Valley Road station

42nd Avenue station

Bass Lake Road station

63rd Avenue, Brooklyn Blvd, 85th Avenue, 93rd Avenue, Oak Grove Parkway stations

Completed work

FTA grant for transit oriented development planning

Hennepin County recently completed work on a multi-year $1.2 million planning grant from the Federal Transit Administration to support advanced planning in several key subject areas to prepare for the opportunities of light rail in the Northwest Metro. Key tasks, reports, and outcomes are included below.

Task 1: Development plans

Task 2: Infrastructure

Task 3: Housing

Task 4: Economic Development

Marketing and Branding

Bottineau Corridor Development Guide

Vision plan interactive (PDF 63MB)

Tying Theory to Practice

Youth Internships

Small business support

Task 5: Innovative Financing (led by Metropolitan Council)

Task 6: Community engagement

LISC CDI work

Infrastructure CE

Development & Housing CE

Tasks #1 & #3 CE summary (PDF)

Small business CE

Communications materials

Cultivate Bottineau

Cultivate Bottineau: Culture, Community, and Commerce was a collaborative effort to activate spaces, build connections, celebrate diversity, and promote opportunity through local artist-led creative placemaking projects in the Bottineau Corridor. Supported by the McKnight Foundation, this project was coordinated by Hennepin County Bottineau Community Works and Springboard for the Arts in partnership with the cities of Minneapolis, Golden Valley, Robbinsdale, Crystal, and Brooklyn Park, and other community partners from January 2018 to October 2019.

Highlights

Over 200 local artists were engaged, from a few hours at an information session or an art activity, to over dozens of hours to create a large commission.
The nearly 50 lead artists worked with another 50 artists.
Over 50% of the lead artists are artists of color.
Nearly 50 collaborators worked with local artists.
Over 4800 community members attended, participated in, or encountered a local artist-led project activity. This does not include people who view permanent projects (installations, murals) as they pass by.

Other reports and plans

Bottineau Transitway health impact assessment