About This Site

Minnesota Metro Living is a free community resource for anyone exploring, moving to, or living in the Minnesota metro area. We publish neighborhood guides, local news, and moving resources for the seven communities where we're most active.

Who makes this?

This site is curated and maintained by the team at Pemberton Real Estate — a full-service brokerage with offices in Edina, Maple Grove, Woodbury, Apple Valley, Hopkins, St. Cloud, and Grand Rapids. Our agents live in these communities, not just work in them.

We created Minnesota Metro Living because we were constantly answering the same questions from buyers and renters: What's it like to live in Edina? Is Maple Grove good for families? How far is Woodbury from Minneapolis? Rather than answer those questions one-by-one, we built a place to answer them well, for everyone.

Why trust us?

We're not a national real estate aggregator guessing at local market conditions. We're the people who sell homes on these streets, send our kids to these schools, and shop at these grocery stores. The content here reflects direct, firsthand knowledge of each community.

Is this a Pemberton marketing site?

Transparently: yes and no. Pemberton funds and maintains this site because helping people understand these communities is part of how we serve our clients — and our broader community. We do recommend Pemberton agents when people are ready to buy or sell. But the neighborhood guides and local news are genuine resources, not sales pitches.

If you find an error, have local news to share, or want to suggest a topic, reach out through pembertonrealestateco.com.

Automated content

Our local news section is updated regularly using an AI-assisted publishing workflow. Each news summary is reviewed for accuracy before publication. If you notice an error in a news item, please let us know.