Star Tribune: Minneapolis Park Board votes to increase fees, close 5 skating rinks
Reporter Steve Brandt writes, in a Dec. 13 article on the Star Tribune website, in part:
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board agreed Wednesday to increase fees and cut some services...
The Park Board will charge higher fees for picnic shelter rental, outdoor weddings and off-leash dog park permits. Mountain bikers who formerly rode trails at Wirth Park for free will pay a $25 annual fee unless an alternative is negotiated.
Plans also call for increasing permit fees for groups using city parks -- including nonprofits that put on the AIDS Walk and Gay Pride -- developing a new concert series or golf championship, temporarily discontinuing the mounted horse patrol and expanding mobile concessions and beginning online merchandise sales.
See entire article at the Star Tribune website.