Donate to win!
December 24, 2014 by Janette Law
What’s more popular than Minneapolis parks (at least at this time of year)? Minnesota hockey! Through January 16, 2015, when you become a monthly sustaining member-donor* of the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, you’ll have a chance to win an awesome Minnesota Gophers men’s hockey package, courtesy of a generous MPF supporter: 2 sixth-row seats and 2.....
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Worth a watch: Central Riverfront video
December 23, 2014 by Janette Law
Our good friends at the Mill City Times have co-produced a video that captures much of what makes the Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park such a terrific destination, along with what can be improved. Through a series of interviews, the video outlines the work of the Community Advisory Committee convened as part of the Minneapolis.....
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More musings on the Mississippi River
December 15, 2014 by Janette Law
A couple of weeks ago, Tom Evers wrote about his experience paddling the Mississippi in mid-October – a member of our first staff development “retreat.” As I write this post today, in mid-December, the weather is (incredibly!) nearly identical to that day two months ago, so it seemed fitting to revisit our experience – this.....
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View and comment on the Central Riverfront Regional Park Master Plan, through January 18, 2015
December 8, 2014 by Janette Law
Our friends at the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) have opened up the public comment period on the Draft Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park (proposed renaming to St. Anthony Falls Regional Park) Master Plan, of which the future park at the Water Works site is a part. You can comment through January 18, 2015......
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Reflecting on the river
December 1, 2014 by Tom Evers
In late October, after the glorious blaze of autumn color had begun to fade from the trees, Minneapolis Parks Foundation staff spent a half-day paddling the Mississippi through the section commonly referred to as the Upper River. With the help from Bob Schmitz’s Above the Falls Sports and our guide Stephanie Zahler, we put paddles.....
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