Minnetonka residents push back on Eagle Brook megachurch proposal – By Kim Hyatt (Star Tribune) / February 10, 2022
Minnetonka would become the 10th Eagle Brook site in the metro area.
The largest church in Minnesota wants to build its 10th metro area campus in Minnetonka, despite the opposition of residents who don’t want a megachurch in their neighborhood.
Eagle Brook Church leaders are proposing a 60,000-square-foot church on the site of a vacant retirement home near a wetland off Wayzata Boulevard, west of Interstate 494. The 19-acre development would include a 1,200-seat auditorium and a two-story, 550-space parking structure.
An online petition opposing the church’s plans drew nearly 400 signatures in less than 24 hours, following a virtual meeting hosted this week by church leaders and attended by dozens of concerned residents including Kristen Gildemeister.
