FALCON HEIGHTS, MN - August 11, 2025 - Jim Mogen (54) filed for one of two at-large seats on the Falcon Heights City Council today. When asked, Mogen explained the plans for the University of Minnesota to sell the Les Bolstad Golf Course to a developer motivated him to seek the seat on the City Council. “The redevelopment of 140 acres of land in Falcon Heights is an opportunity and challenge that I believe I can have a positive impact on,” Mogen provided in a statement.
Mogen, an eight-year resident of Falcon Heights, currently serves on the City’s Planning Commission and the newly created U of M Golf Course Visioning Committee that was established to work with the University on its request for proposals (RFPs) for the sale. Mogen is a real estate attorney with more than 25 years of experience working with municipalities and counties, including on development and redevelopment. He is active in Scouting America (formerly known as Boy Scouts of America), is an amateur actor with the Landmark Center’s History Players group, likes to sail on Lake Superior, and says he is his son’s “most vocal cheerleader” in track & field and cross country.
The upcoming golf course development is larger than the recent redevelopment of the Saint Paul Ford Plant, now known as Highland Bridge, or of the Hillcrest golf course, currently being redeveloped in Saint Paul. “As a golfer, I am sad at the loss of an historic golf course. But, the redevelopment, if done right, promises to usher Falcon Heights into the future,” Mogen said. “I am looking forward to working with the University and the successful developer to build lifecycle housing, community businesses, valuable open spaces for all of Falcon Heights’ neighbors, and to build a tax base that will be sustainable for our small city.”
Mogen’s campaign co-chairs, Trista Martinson and Mark Miazga, are excited at the experience Mogen brings to the position, and look forward to his work to increase public safety and invest in the City’s parks and other amenities. Miazga explained, “Jim will be a great representative of all of Falcon Heights, and will balance the needs of the community with the many demands on city resources.”
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Former Ramsey County Commissioner
Executive Director, Ramsey/Washington Recycling and Energy
Former Falcon Heights City Council
Director, U of M Survey & Assessment, and resident of Northeast Quadrant
Former Falcon Heights City Council
Managing Director, Teach for America
Falcon Heights City Council and resident of Northeast Quadrant
Ramsey County Commissioner, Dist. 7
Falcon Heights City Council and resident of Northome
Falcon Heights Planning Commission and resident of Northeast Quadrant
Former Chair, Falcon Heights Planning Commission, and resident of Snelling West
Former Ramsey County Commissioner
Former Mayor of Falcon Heights and resident of Northeast Quadrant
Vice-chair, Falcon Heights Planning Commission and resident of the Northeast Quadrant
Former, St. Paul City Council
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