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Looking to make a difference in Crystal? The city is currently accepting applications for several volunteer seats on city boards and commissions. These groups help guide city decisions on business growth, inclusion, sustainability and more.

The City of Crystal wants to know how you feel about your city and neighborhood – what it looks like, how safe you feel, how you view public safety services, street maintenance and snow removal, and overall quality of services.

The City of Crystal, through the West Metro Fire-Rescue District, is working with Smart911 to notify residents via email, text, phone or social media when there are emergencies. To receive these mass notifications, residents must opt in, sign up for an account and share the varying levels of information that they want police, fire and EMS to utilize when responding to a 9-1-1 call. Residents can sign up for Smart911 here.

Litter hurts our parks, streets, and public spaces. It takes time and money to clean up—resources that could support public safety or roads instead. Learn waht the City of Crystal is doing to prevent litter and how you can help.

In 2025, the recycling program in the City of Crystal expanded to include the curbside collection of organics. Organics consist of food scraps and non-recyclable paper such as napkins and paper towels, and it will be collected weekly on the same day as residents’ trash. Organics should be put in a compostable bag. Compostable bags can be found in many stores such as Menards and Target. Compostable bags have the BPI logo on the box and bag. Paper shopping bags are also acceptable.

Crystal property owners can view their current and past water usage and set up alerts via the city’s new SENSUS Customer Portal.

Next curbside pickup for the City of Crystal is March 30 – April 9, 2026. The Hennepin Recycling Group (HRG) curbside bulky waste cleanup takes place in even-numbered years for the city.

Explore the City of Crystal’s rich history in this six-installment documentary entitled “Our Town’s Story – Crystal.” The installments feature rare and historical images and video of Crystal’s past underscored with interviews with community members and volunteers, former Crystal city employees, Crystal Historical Society members and others.