Mainstreet Day is May 17

Mainstreet Day, the annual arts and craft festival sponsored by JCI Hopkins, will be held Saturday, May 17, on Mainstreet in downtown Hopkins. The event is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and will feature more than 250 participating arts and craft vendors offer a variety of homemade items, including jewelry, woodworking, photography and fine art, clothing, toys, garden decor and more. JCI Hopkins reinvests all proceeds from Mainstreet Day back into the Hopkins community to support programs and projects such as Bowling with the Bunny, Little Free Libraries and the Cops 'N Kids Shopping Program. Find more information about Mainstreet Day. 

HOURCAR Electric Carshare Hub Now at Dow Towers

The City of Hopkins recently launched our first-ever electric carshare hub at Dow Towers, a site with 100 percent of units reserved for low-income residents. As part of HOURCAR’s Multifamily Electric Vehicle Pilot Project (the “Multifamily Project”), two electric, hub-based HOURCAR vehicles are now available to provide residents and the surrounding community with access to clean, affordable transportation. Users can book trips as low as $7.11/hour or $64.89/day for trips as short as 30 minutes or as long as three days, booking as far as six months in advance, and the cost of vehicle charging, insurance, and maintenance is included. Users can access vehicles via the smartphone app or with Metro Transit GoTo Card. Additionally, lowincome community members get discounted access via the Access Plan, providing up to 200 miles/ trip/day.

Meetings & Events

• May 6, 6:30 p.m. - City Council Meeting 

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