Do not be fooled by the seemingly quiet nature of this community known as New Hope. The residents do not like to brag, but they are living in a town located just 10 miles northwest of Minneapolis that has its own nine-hole golf course, direct access to the freeway and a diverse housing stock. It is easy to forget about this city and that is not a problem to most residents who want to keep things quieter than their larger neighbors. Nonetheless, New Hope is known for being a well-kept city with diverse residential neighborhoods.

History

New Hope was a farming community in the 1900s that was part of the Crystal Lake Township. As Minneapolis grew and expanded westward in the 1930s, the township became the City of Crystal. Not all the residents of Crystal Lake Township favored this decision and broke off from the newly incorporated city. The farmers in the west end of the city broke away and formed their own township naming it after their wishes for its future—New Hope. People who lived along the edge of this split had to choose which location they would associate with and many chose the more urban city of Crystal. Realizing they soon would be absorbed, the residents of New Hope did what they’d been avoiding by incorporating themselves in 1953. At the time there were 600 residents in the new city but that quickly ballooned to 24,000 by 1970. The city has since shrunk a little bit and now has around 22,000 people.

Parks and Recreation

New Hope is well-liked by its more active residents who take full advantage of the over 200 acres of park land plus a nine-hole golf course, swimming pool and ice arena. The playgrounds, ball fields, tennis courts, basketball courts, and outdoor theater round it out to meet most everybody’s recreational pursuits. Every July the city hosts a Duk Duk Daze festival featuring rides, games, free entertainment, bingo, food, fireworks and other activities.

Schools

New Hope is one of seven cities that make up the Robbinsdale Independent School District number 281. There are a total of four elementary schools within the city of New Hope as well as one of the district’s two high schools, Robbinsdale Cooper. The central and special education offices for the school district are also located in New Hope along the city’s main artery known as Winnetka Avenue. The district boasts a strong tradition of achievement in academics and the arts for the almost 14,000 students it services annually.

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