Minnetonka Community Education

Having a financial roadmap can help you feel confident in your financial situation. Learn how to construct a budget, credit fundamentals, basic investment concepts, how to save tax, as well as things to think about when accepting job offers and comparing benefits packages.

Wondering if you’ll be to help your student finish college and still retire someday? With guidance from a college planning expert, learn how academics, admissions, and financial strategies can work together to help save money on college. This workshop is for High School students in grades 9-12 and their parents.

Wondering if you’ll be to help your student finish college and still retire someday? With guidance from a college planning expert, learn how academics, admissions, and financial strategies can work together to help save you and your student money on college. This workshop is for High School students in grades 9-12 and their parents.

Explore and understand Wills, Trusts, Health Care Directives & Powers of Attorney. You'll learn ways to avoid probate. Discussion of common mistakes will help you avoid unwanted consequences. Bonnie Wittenburg, a Minnetonka-based estate planning, probate and trust administration lawyer, will lead the presentation.

If you're new to the home buying process this course is for you. Learn about what you need to do to be prepared to purchase a home, what the process looks like, and pitfalls to avoid.

Designed to help couples create a financial future together. Discover how to establish a solid financial foundation and partnership for marriage, identify values and attitudes about money, set goals (individually and as a couple), and discover tools to help achieve those goals.

What do you need to think about as you transition from work life to retired life? This enlightening class will get you thinking about your next phase of life and what you need to do to prepare for it. Whether you plan to stop work all at once, or ease into retirement by working part-time, at some point you will need to arrange for multiple sources of income to replace your paycheck. Where will you live? Where will your income come from? How can you make it last? These and other questions will be discussed in class.

Social Security decisions that partners make in their 60s will determine the amount of total income received over their lifetime. Learn information that can help married couples get more out of the Social Security system. This workshop is primarily for married couples as it discusses Social Security benefits available to spouses.

Understanding Social Security is critical to your retirement. Discussion includes factors to consider when deciding when to apply for benefits, survivor benefits, divorced-spouse benefits, and divorced-spouse survivor benefits.

You've heard the terms "Will" and "Trust", but do you know the differences between the two? Both are useful estate planning devices that serve different purposes. Learn when a Will is sufficient and when you might prefer a Trust. Pros and cons of each will be discussed.