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North Commons

North Commons

North Commons redevelopment is a community-rooted vision for realizing the park’s potential as the center of cultural, social, and economic vitality...

People for Parks Fund

People for Parks Fund

2023 People for Parks Fund Grants This year, we’ve made 11 grants totaling $57,570 through the Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s People for Parks...

Free Lending Libraries

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

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...

Past Projects

Past Projects

Since 2003, the Minneapolis Parks Foundation has been dedicated to connecting people to each other and the natural world through parks. Explore some...

Great Northern Greenway River Link

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

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

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...