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Edina Housing Task Force <br />DRAFT March 2006 <br />dale Townhomes, Oak Glen, Summit Point, and South Ha- <br />ven (see Appendix D for map locations). Some of these <br />housing developments were originally put in place largely to <br />help attract young families to Edina and serve as an impor- <br />tant source of affordable housing in the community. By all <br />accounts, these efforts have been enormously successful <br />and have served as a model for the region. <br />The City of Edina has a history of creating housing that is <br />affordable to people of various incomes. Edina has thrived <br />for the past 100-plus years because each generation sought <br />to leave a legacy of inclusiveness, opportunity, and hard <br />work based on a calculated vision for the future. <br />The Task Force believes that it is important for Edina to <br />continue to build its legacy of action in housing. We have <br />developed a Housing Succession Plan, based on eight Val- <br />ues, four Principles and centered on five key Strategies. <br />During the course of our research, we looked at best prac- <br />tices around the country (see bibliography in Appendix 1) <br />and engaged both experts and community representatives <br />in conversations about housing (see Appendix F). <br />Mrs. Keobounpheng pulling her two children In a <br />wagon to go grocery shopping near her house at <br />Sixty-sixth Street and Xerxes Avenue South, <br />Edina, 1980. <br />