Updated Hermantown Industrial AUAR (City of Hermantown) — Alternative Urban Areawide Review (large) under review. This AUAR study area encompasses an area totaling approximately 278 acres on 26 parcels in the City of Her
Minnesota
The biggest of 35 updates to Hermantown’s public record this month; 2 projects under review.
Below the US median of 48 · MN median 45
Steady. Records are moving at a typical pace for an area this size.
The next public meeting in Hermantown is the General on Monday, September 7, 2026 at 3:00 AM.
Hermantown has 2 active development records - building permits, land-use applications and environmental reviews - of which 2 are under review and 0 are open for public comment.
2 zoning or land-use policy changes are in progress in Hermantown: rezonings, code amendments and comprehensive-plan updates, from the city's official records.
Records updated Sep 4, 2026 · every record names its official source · www.hermantownmn.com.
Every number is the district’s own reporting: the yearly series and peer median come from its filings to the U.S. Census Bureau (all funds, comparable nationwide); the most recent school year comes from its filing to the state (General Fund) - two scopes, shown separately, never mixed. Dollars are divided by the district’s enrollment; the peer median is a size cohort, not a ranking. This is spending, never a rating of schools.
What the council decides, from the minutes - counts and roll calls, never a rating.
Checking the city’s meeting portal…
Hermantown Ind Sch Dist 700 spends $17,198 per student, from the Census Bureau's own survey of school district finances. The schools section on this page compares it with similar-size districts.
45 (Limited). It describes what official records show about responsiveness, safety and spending; it never ranks governments or predicts anything. For scale, the median across covered US cities is 48 and across covered MN cities 45.
Tuesday, September 8, 2026 at 11:30 AM, 5105 Maple Grove Road, Hermantown, MN 55811.
Each agenda published by the city states how to comment (in person, in writing, or online); AreaMatter shows those instructions on every meeting page and links the official agenda.
The venue is printed on each agenda; AreaMatter shows it on the meeting page when the city publishes it.
The largest open records right now: Updated Hermantown Industrial AUAR; Hermantown Industrial AUAR.
Every record on this page links to the city's or county's own permit listing. AreaMatter reads the official permit and land-use feeds every 12 hours and shows each record's status, dates and location; residents can also enter an address to see what is near it.
Under review: the city is still deciding. Open for comment: there is a deadline to be heard. Approved / issued: the permit or decision has been granted. Under construction and completed follow the city's own record.
Yes - Planning & Zoning Meeting; Planning & Zoning Meeting.
Rezonings go through a public hearing before the planning commission or council; the hearing notice states how to testify and the written-comment deadline. AreaMatter shows the deadline and the official notice on each item.