Common Ground Blog

Our gathering space for news and stories about how parks transform lives.

A Year in the Great Outdoors

A Year in the Great Outdoors

Research tells us that time spent outdoors in unstructured play can lower stress, take the edge off anxiety, ...
A Sisterhood of Safety

A Sisterhood of Safety

Thanks to your support for the People for Parks Fund, teen girls who’ve been affected by incarceration have a safe ...
Free and Fabulous

Free and Fabulous

Five Questions for MPF’s Jennifer Downham  From public radio, to free-admission cultural institutions, to ...
Welcome to the Birding Boom

Welcome to the Birding Boom

With more than 400 species of migrating birds and waterfowl on the wing this season, Minnesota is one of the best ...

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