In mid-July, half a dozen middle-schoolers made a three-block outing from Harrison Community Center off Hwy 55 in North Minneapolis to a nearby...
Category: Reimagining the Civic Commons
Harvard’s Toni Griffin, founder of UrbanAC, Headlines Our 2021 Sunrise on the Mississippi
The Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s breakfast benefit Sunrise on the Mississippi will be back on Thursday, September 9, 2021, with Toni Griffin as...
Reframing our perspective of familiar places
In the past few weeks, several stories connecting art with parks have surfaced across my screens and in print (yes, I still get the newspaper...
Race, Culture, and Space: A Conversation with Kofi Boone
This post first appeared on Medium as part of Reimagining the Civic Commons’ discussions designed to help public space practitioners and...
2020 Highlights & Reflections
It’s hard to fully describe the joy brought by a sunny day after a fresh snowfall. This past Sunday, it seemed as if everyone was outside...
Photo Essay: Reimagining Northside Connections to the River
This post first appeared as part of Reimagining the Civic Commons‘ series of 10 photo essays documenting how the twin pandemics of racism and...
Reflections from Summer Fellow, Elijah Henderson
David-Earl Russell and Elijah Henderson spent this summer interning with the Minneapolis Parks Foundation as part of their education at the Eugene...
Reflections from Summer Fellow, David-Earl Russell
David-Earl Russell and Elijah Henderson spent this summer interning with the Minneapolis Parks Foundation as part of their education at the Eugene...
Urban Institute Report: Civic Assets for More Equitable Cities
Earlier this week, Reimagining the Civic Commons – the national learning network the Minneapolis Parks Foundation joined in May –...