Beyond The Yellow Ribbon Quad Communities

Mayor Kathi Hemken has been a resident of New Hope since 1976. She was elected to her first term as mayor in 2008 and was reelected in 2012, 2016, and 2020. Hemken is a retired production control supervisor at Honeywell. She has a B.S. degree from the University of Minnesota. Hemken’s community involvement includes: New Hope Planning Commission, member and chair; Metropolitan Council Land Use Committee; North Metro Mayors Association (president two years); Hennepin County Active Living; Regional Council of Mayors; Northwest YMCA board member; New Hope Women of Today; League of Women Voters of Crystal, New Hope, and East Plymouth; Ambassador Care Facility Advisory Board; and she’s a volunteer for School District 281. As a member of the board, Mayor Hemken will tell us all about the Quad Communities’ Beyond the Yellow Ribbon.

Beyond The Yellow Ribbon Quad Communities is a grassroots citizen group that engages the communities of Golden Valley, Crystal, New Hope, and Robbinsdale in support of military members, veterans, and their families. It joins nearly 200 Minnesota cities, counties, and businesses already proclaimed Beyond the Yellow Ribbon.

Beyond the Yellow Ribbon is a comprehensive program that creates awareness for the purpose of connecting military service members and their families with community support, training, services, and resources.