Ward 2 - Council President Rebecca Noecker

Welcome to Ward 2

Ward 2 includes the neighborhoods of West 7th Street, the West Side, Summit Hill, Railroad Island, Lowertown, and the Downtown business district. The Ward is shaped by its proximity to the Mississippi River. Harriet Island Regional Park, Lilydale Park, and the Mississippi National River Recreation Area are located on the banks of the river in Ward 2.

View a map of the ward as of January 2023. 

About Councilmember Rebecca Noecker

Rebecca Noecker is an innovative leader, a community-builder, and a strong advocate for social justice. 

Councilmember Noecker grew up in Saint Louis Park and earned her bachelor’s degree in social studies from Harvard College. She dedicated her early career to educational equity, as a middle school science teacher with Teach for America in Baton Rouge, a program officer at the Baton Rouge Area Foundation and Teach for India, and as director of community engagement at AchieveMpls. 

Councilmember Noecker has served on the board of the West Side Community Organization and the Saint Paul Planning Commission, and she founded West Siders for Strong Schools, a neighborhood group dedicated to promoting excellent public schools on the West Side.

In 2015, she was elected to be the first woman to represent Ward 2 on the Saint Paul City Council. Her priorities are equity, economic development and creating opportunities for young people. 

Councilmember Noecker lives with her husband, Shane, and their sons, Whitman and Fitzgerald, on Saint Paul’s West Side.