District Councils are the seventeen geographic citizen participation districts established by the City of St. Paul in 1975 to organize the citizen participation process throughout the city. The district council structure is designed to foster increased participation by citizens in their government, to ensure a city-wide communication network, a point of contact for land use issues and a participatory planning process. Each district council has a community council of elected volunteers and operate as a private non-profit organization, 501(c)(3).

CapitolRiver Council- District 17 is the district planning council for downtown St. Paul.
See map of District 17.

To learn more about the District Council system in the City of St. Paul, check out the City’s web site.
http://www.ci.stpaul.mn.us/residents/districtcouncils.html