Hennepin County Academy

Topic examples

Property assessing, budget, Hennepin County Library (session held in Minnetonka)

• Hennepin County budgets
• About the Hennepin County Library
• Hennepin County organization chart (PDF)
• Commissioner districts
• Why counties matter (YouTube)

Property tax fact sheets

• Understanding property taxes (PDF)
• How the assessor estimates your market value (PDF)
• How to appeal your value and classification (PDF) 

Community Works, Environment and Energy (session held in Minneapolis)

• Hennepin Energy Recovery Center
• Target Field Station information
• Target Field Station construction video (YouTube)
• 20 years of community works (YouTube)
• Open to Business (YouTube)
• Making the Connection (YouTube) 

Health and Medical Services (session held in Minneapolis)

• Public health department description (PDF)
• About Hennepin Healthcare
• Medical Examiner's Office
• Step-To-It video (WMV)
• Your Stories Public Health (YouTube) 

Community Corrections and Rehabilitation, Hennepin County Sheriff's Office (session held in Plymouth)

• Adult Corrections Facility
• Run Hide Fight (YouTube)
• Hennepin County Sheriff's Office Citizen Law Enforcement Academy

Human Services (session held in Brooklyn Center)

• Child Protection Staff Describe Their Work in Their Own Words (YouTube)
• Plan to end homelessness (YouTube) 

Public Defender's Office, County Attorney's Office, Hennepin County District Court (session held in Minneapolis)

• Hennepin County Public Defender
• Hennepin County District Court 

Transportation, Emergency Management (session held in Medina)

• Transportation/construction projects
• Snow and ice removal
• Adopt-a-highway
• Ride Hennepin
• Long Lake County Road 112 construction update 2017 (YouTube) 

Elections, County Administration, Hennepin County Board (session held in Minneapolis)

• My Hennepin County (YouTube)
• Overarching Goals (YouTube)

Hennepin County 1852 – 2002

This booklet was created to provide some of the historical highlights of Hennepin County's 150 years, as well as an overview of Hennepin County government. Reference copies of the booklet are available at Hennepin County Library. Search the site for "Hennepin County 1852 – 2002."