Mayor’s Minutes: Brooklyn Park’s Hollies Winston
Brooklyn Park Mayor Hollies Winston spoke recently with CCX Media’s Dave Kiser the city’s plans for the biotech district it hopes to develop and about the city’s new Community Intervention Unit.
Biotech District
The city continues the public engagement portion of its plans to develop more than 200 acres in its northwest corner that it hopes can grow its biotech corridor along Highway 610.
“This started out with us re-zoning that area, so it’s not all fast-food joints and car washes any more,” said Mayor Winston.
The city held public open houses and will continue to do so later this spring, along with soliciting input online.
Community Intervention Unit
Work has begun for the city’s new Community Intervention Unit, a group of social workers and community outreach specialists embedded in the police department.
“There’s (workers) who are going to be out on the block, going to those troubled areas, getting people the resources they need, de-escalating situations, connecting them with folks that have that background in social work and other things,” said Winston.
