About the People for Parks Fund Founded in 1977, People for Parks merged with the Minneapolis Parks Foundation in 2020 to carry forward a legacy of...
Category: Initiatives
Theodore Wirth House
Built in 1910, the Theodore Wirth Residence at Lyndale Farmstead Park is the home to the Superintendent of the Minneapolis Park and...
Transforming North Commons Park
Reimagining what’s possible through our parks is part of our mission at the Minneapolis Parks Foundation. That’s why we we’re thrilled to...
Free Lending Libraries
The Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s support for Little Free Libraries® in Minneapolis Parks helps ensure that all members of the community can...
Citywide Parks Investments
Minneapolis Parks Foundation supporters, through gifts to our general operating fund, make it possible for us to invest in parks and programming...
Great Northern Greenway River Link
Now Open! Visit the first new park on the Mississippi Riverfront in a nearly a generation: The Great Northern Greenway Overlook at 26th Ave N....
RiverFirst
Before Minneapolis was the “city of lakes,” we were a river city. Now open in 2021, two new RiverFirst projects – Water Works at Mill Ruins...
Water Works
Come enjoy the sweeping views and places to gather and play and restore and refresh at Water Works Park and Pavilion. The pavilion and restaurant...