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HISTORY <br />The area grew quickly upon the 1887 establishment of the Minneapolis Threshing Machine Company (later <br />Minneapolis-Moline), which employed most of the area’s residents. The company housed employees in <br />properties built by The West Minneapolis LandCompany, many of which still stand in Hopkins today. It was <br />incorporated as the Village of West Minneapolis in 1893, and renamed the Village of Hopkins in 1928 after <br />Harley Hopkins, the town’s first postmaster. <br />HOUSING STOCK <br />A mix of 1900s-era homes alongside newer construction, with a bevy of new apartments, condominiums, and <br />townhomes along both sides of Mainstreet, and even more luxury apartments rising in anticipation of the <br />METRO Green Line’s 2019 arrival. <br />SCHOOLS TO NOTE <br />Hopkins High School <br />Ranked one of the best high schools in Minnesota, about half of students take Advanced Placement <br />(AP) <br />courses.hopkinsschools.org <br />Main Street School of Performing Arts <br />This tuition-free public charter high school offers a performing arts-focused education with advanced theater, <br />art, and music courses alongside traditional curricula. <br />msspahs.org <br />LOCALS LOVE <br />Hopkins Raspberry Festival <br />The raspberry fields may be gone, but Hopkins continues to celebrate its heritage in this annual July festival <br />with more than 30 family-friendly events, including its arts and crafts fair, Golden Raspberry hunt, fireworks, car <br />show, live music, and signature Grande Day Parade. Business folk organized the very first Raspberry Festival <br />in 1934, making it one of the oldest-running festivals in Minnesota.raspberrycapital.com <br />Hopkins Center for the Arts <br />The performing arts venue hosts concerts, art exhibitions, and Stages Theatre Company productions, as well <br />as a menu of community art and dance classes. <br />hopkinsartscenter.com <br />Roseville-St.Paul <br />Green Suburban Dream <br />Gardens (always)Growing <br />Conservatory photo by Dan Thornberg/shutterstock.com <br />The Marjorie McNeely Conservatory is great in warm weather (and a heavenly cold- <br />weather getaway). <br />Northern suburb Roseville, situated comfortably between St. Paul and Minneapolis, rarely shows you its <br />largesse. Says Roseville mayor Dan Roe, “One of the reasons \[people\] live in Roseville is because it’s a small- <br /> <br />