# South Metro Scoop

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## Posts
- [🔁 Your Taxes Could Jump 24% + Chickens & Ice History](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/your-taxes-could-jump-24-chickens-ice-history): Dakota County's fund fell from $130M to $1.2M. Now 6 backyard hens are legal in Lakeville.
- [🔁 20+ Food Trucks + $10 Burgers & $393M Road News](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/20-food-trucks-10-burgers-393m-road-news): Lakeville's streets are the city's most valuable asset. First-ever Minnesota Burger Week. 20+ trucks in Eagan Friday
- [🔁 Neighbors Fight Back + 30 Free Concerts & Hwy 77 News](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/neighbors-fight-back-30-free-concerts-hwy-77-news): Eagan commission votes 6-0 anyway. Dakota County Fair lineup is out. Cedar Ave ramps closing through 2028
- [🔁 $50M Aerospace Complex Approved + Data Center Block & Concerts](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/50m-aerospace-complex-approved-data-center-block-concerts): Planning commission recommends ban. Rosemount approves 200-job complex. 15 concerts hit Mystic Lake in August.
- [🔁 The Farms They Paved Over + Kwik Trip & Burnsville News](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/the-farms-they-paved-over-kwik-trip-burnsville-news): The Rimnac farm is under Burnsville Center. New Kwik Trip approved. 5 cannabis shops in pipeline
- [🔁 2.8M Sq Ft Industrial Park + Hotel Shutdown & Jucy Lucy Truck](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/2-8m-sq-ft-industrial-park-hotel-shutdown-jucy-lucy-truck): 84 police incidents. Two dead. 4-1 vote. Industrial park pitched for Rosemount. Leprechaun Days Saturday
- [🔁 Lakeville's 27 Projects + Next Dinner Club & Resort History](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/lakeville-s-27-projects-next-dinner-club-resort-history): July 28th in Lakeville. Every business the city approved. The resorts before the subdivisions came
- [🔁 100 Neighbors Fight 166 Apartments + Survey & Data Pause](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/100-neighbors-fight-166-apartments-survey-data-pause): 100 neighbors signed the petition. 5,800 families weighed in on D196. Hastings considering moratorium
- [🔁 Two New Spots Open Today + Sunflower Tix & Bomb Factory](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/two-new-spots-open-today-sunflower-tix-bomb-factory): Pan-O-Prog Saturday. 185th & Kenwood is worst crash spot. 3 of 4 want a community center
- [🔁 This Roundabout #1 Crash Spot](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/this-roundabout-1-crash-spot): Pan-O-Prog Saturday. 185th & Kenwood is worst crash spot. 3 of 4 want a community center
- [🔁 Farmington Finally Has a Grocery Store + Art & Grants](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/farmington-finally-has-a-grocery-store-art-grants): Salaam Global Flavors now open. Lakeville South grad wins national Gold Medal. $29K to 4 businesses
- [🔁 $151M in Permits + Veterans Statue & Fourth Weekend](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/151m-in-permits-veterans-statue-fourth-weekend): Lakeville #2 in Twin Cities for new homes. Eagan dedication July 2nd. Fireworks and fun runs
- [🔁 Fourth of July Fireworks Guide + Lost Theaters](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/fourth-of-july-fireworks-guide-lost-theaters): Drive-ins, palaces, multiplexes—mostly gone. Fourth of July guide. Lakeville commission unanimous
- [🔁 Book Ban Vote, 3 New Gyms & $825M Budget](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/book-ban-vote-3-new-gyms-825m-budget): Lakeville board keeps final say 4-3. Crunch Fitness in Apple Valley, Burnsville, Eagan. District 196 approved
- [🔁 Kiss the Pig, Scoop the Tater & ArtBlast Concerts](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/kiss-the-pig-scoop-the-tater-artblast-concerts): Farmington's biggest week runs June 22-28. Free concerts every night in Rosemount
- [🔁 Rosemount's Water Meeting Tonight + Free Filters & Library](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/rosemount-s-water-meeting-tonight-free-filters-library): Well #8, gross alpha radiation, all the state experts at 6pm. Free pitchers for babies. Burnhaven reopens 2027
- [🔁 7 Brew Traffic Debate + Ash Fight & Kiddie Parade Returns](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/7-brew-traffic-debate-ash-fight-kiddie-parade-returns): Back after 20 years at Freedom Days. Coffee chain's half-mile backup plan. Rosemount landfill legal demand
- [🔁 166 Homes, Smart Glasses Ban & Activity Centers](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/166-homes-smart-glasses-ban-activity-centers): Lakeville development approved. District 196 bans Meta Ray-Bans in school. Apple Valley High opens November
- [🔁 $13.8M Makeover, Curriculum Vote & 2,000-Year-Old Mounds](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/13-8m-makeover-curriculum-vote-2-000-year-old-mounds): Apple Valley center closes mid-June. Lakeville board approves 6-1. The burial sites most people walk right past
- [🔁 Summer Concerts Moving + Wanderlight Trail & Market Fest](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/summer-concerts-moving-wanderlight-trail-market-fest): Zoo's glowing lantern trail opens. Eagan Market Fest kicks off. Free concerts moving to Bogart's this summer
- [🔁 "Don't Go to Lakeville" + Mopars & Jazz on the Lawn](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/don-t-go-to-lakeville-mopars-jazz-on-the-lawn): What parents are telling each other in Facebook groups. 42nd annual Mopar show. Funky jazz at Terra Wine Bar
- [🔁 Pickle Hall, $9.1M Water Grant & 400+ New Homes](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/pickle-hall-9-1m-water-grant-400-new-homes): 18 courts, food hall, 80-tap beer wall. PFAS treatment funded but bills may rise. Apple Valley nearly out of land
- [🔁 250K Warehouse, 370 Homes & Aurora Home Opener](https://southmetroscoop.beehiiv.com/p/250k-warehouse-370-homes-aurora-home-opener): Rosemount approves massive facility. Farmington's Lennar development moves forward. Women's soccer at Viking Lakes