Andrea Burke, Minneapolis, MN

Historic Preservation Supervisor, City of Minneapolis, MN

Andrea Burke is the Historic Preservation Supervisor in the Community Planning and Economic Development Department at the City of Minneapolis. A native of Minneapolis, Minnesota, she has a Bachelor’s degree in Art History and Archaeology from the University of Missouri and a Master’s degree in Historic Preservation from the University of Georgia. After getting her start in historic preservation at the City of Minneapolis, she has worked over 20 years in the public and private sectors as a city planner, consultant, and architectural historian for a State Historic Preservation Office. Previously she worked for the Virginia Department of Historic Resources in Section 106 and Historic Tax Credits, and upon returning to Minnesota, she re-established the historic preservation team at the City of Minneapolis in 2019. She has since guided the Minneapolis preservation team through multiple grant awards at the state and national levels, design guidelines updates, resurvey projects, community engagement projects, streamlining review processes, and the first major ordinance update since 2001.
Email: Andrea.burke@minneapolismn.gov