One of the core goals of the Minneapolis Parks Foundation is to increase access to our city’s invaluable parks and green spaces. Parks have the...
Category: North Commons Park
2022 Highlights and Reflections
Unlike plunging into the Covid pandemic in 2020, which happened literally overnight for many of us, emerging from this life- and world-changing...
Four Concepts Invite Community Visioning for North Commons
Earlier this month, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board shared four concepts for transforming North Commons Park Recreation Center and Water...
Keiona Cook of Lovely’s Sewing Fashioned a Positive Way to Collect Data at North Commons
Keiona Cook knows what people like. “When you’re working in community, you need to meet people where they are,” she says from her co-working...
September Brings Reimagining to Minneapolis
Next week, you may see groups of notebook-carrying park practitioners and community members out and about in Minneapolis – walking from the...
Slow Roll Joy
One of my favorite activities in summer evenings is to participate the Slow Roll MSP community bike rides through our city’s neighborhoods. ...
Design Week Brings Reimagining to North Commons Project
On Tuesday, June 28, the Minneapolis Parks Foundation co-hosted a special session as part of Design Week at North Commons Park, bringing together...
North Commons Design Week Aims to Engage the Community
North Commons Park is one of the oldest, largest and most beloved parks in Minneapolis. It is home to the first recreation center in the city and is...
Join Us for DESIGN WEEK, June 27-30, at North Commons Park
Three events and countless ideas — stop by or stay awhile, June 27-30, and help jumpstart a community-rooted reimagining of North Commons Park...