Hey Chanhassen! This week we're spotlighting a dentist who traded Pittsburgh for Chanhassen — and built a practice that makes people actually look forward to their appointment. Old St. Hubert's has a clear next step, and we're keeping you in the loop on where things stand. We're also digging into a piece of local government history that puts the brand new City Hall in perspective. Community news and events are light this week — but the stories more than make up for it. Here's what's chanhappenin'.
Chanhassen's new City Hall opened in 2025, replacing the previous building that had served the community for decades. What year was the old City Hall built?
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Old St. Hubert's — Where Things Stand
The community has spoken, and the energy behind saving Old St. Hubert's is real. Now comes the careful work.
Before the feasibility study can begin, the Save Old St. Hubert's Committee and St. Hubert's Parish need to finalize an agreement on how the old church would be cared for and used going forward. That agreement is the foundation everything else builds on — the study that turns hope into a real, workable plan for full restoration.
Things may be quieter over the next couple of months while that work happens, but it's moving. If you believe Old St. Hubert's is worth saving, stay with it and share this with someone who feels the same.
Dentistry on the Ponds - dentistryontheponds.com
Dentistry on the Ponds — The Practice That Makes People Actually Look Forward to the Dentist
Dr. Mehta grew up in Tennessee, trained in Pittsburgh, and together with his wife decided Minnesota was where they wanted to plant roots. She grew up in the west metro, and when they landed on Chanhassen, it felt like exactly the right place. When the opportunity came to take over an established practice here, the fit was obvious. What became Dentistry on the Ponds is something he's built from the inside out ever since — the team, the technology, the patient experience — all shaped around a single standard he refuses to compromise on: putting the patient first.
The thing first-time patients mention most is how calm it feels. People walk in braced for the typical dental experience — rushed, clinical, impersonal — and find something different. Part of that comes down to the team, which has unusually low turnover for an industry facing real staffing shortages. When the people behind the counter have been there for years and genuinely care about the work, patients feel it. Dr. Mehta is quick to call himself a dental nerd — he consumes continuing education the way some people consume podcasts — and that enthusiasm has a way of spreading.
The practice has grown into a multi-doctor office, which means more availability without sacrificing the standard. They handle everything from routine family care to full mouth rehabilitation and cosmetic smile design — complex cases that other local practices send elsewhere. First-time patients often say it's the first time they've actually understood their own dental health, because nobody leaves with unanswered questions.
Dr. Mehta and his family live here, are involved here, and have no intention of going anywhere. That's not incidental to how the practice runs — it's the whole point.
Dentistry on the Ponds · 436 Pond Promenade, Chanhassen · dentistryontheponds.com
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1981
Chanhassen's previous City Hall served the community for 44 years before being replaced. By 2021 a facilities study found it in critical condition — the new City Hall opened just a few yards away in 2025.
A Little Bit of History
1981 — When Chanhassen's City Hall opened in 1981, the city's population had just crossed 6,000. The building went up as Chanhassen was beginning its transformation from a quiet farming township into one of the fastest-growing suburbs in the Twin Cities — a shift that had only really begun in the late 1960s when the village and surrounding township merged to form the modern City of Chanhassen. Over the next four decades, the city would grow to nearly 26,000 residents, and the building that once served them all would eventually struggle to keep pace. A facilities study in 2021 confirmed what many already suspected — and the decision was made to build something new..
Source: City of Chanhassen
Joe Meuwissen, barber shop located in Pony Express Building on Main Street - 1927
Chanhassen Historical Society