Our team at the Minneapolis Parks Foundation has been reflecting (over Zoom, of course), about the incredible shift occurring within public...
Category: From the Executive Director
Finding Health and Community in Our Parks
I am writing this update from the comfort of my home, where through my windows, I see neighbors out for their runs, families taking their daily...
Minneapolis Parks Deserve Statewide Investment
Minneapolis Parks are a statewide asset that deserve critical infrastructure funding at the capital. That’s why we’re partnering with the...
Championing an Inclusive Vision for the Minneapolis Riverfront
The Minneapolis park system is at a pivotal juncture, and 2020 is the year that the Minneapolis Parks Foundation will celebrate milestones for...
2019 Year in Review
This has been a breakthrough year for the Minneapolis Parks Foundation. Since 2005, we’ve raised more than $22.3 million in support of the...
Your Support is Helping Us to Transform Lives. Thank You!
For all of us at the Minneapolis Parks Foundation, November marks the beginning of a season of gratitude. Without our donors we would not be able to...
Reflections on a Summer of Connections
This time of year, the beauty of Minneapolis parks changes starkly before our eyes. With red, orange, and yellow colors bursting from the tree...
10 Years Strong, the Next Generation of Parks Event Series Still Sparks Conversation and Ideas
Earlier this summer, I was invited by the Knight Foundation to participate in a national forum centered on the public realm and the human...
National Forums Highlight Themes of Equity, Climate, Community Health
This summer I had the opportunity to travel to two national convenings related to parks and the public realm: The inaugural Knight Public Spaces...