River Marina

Winner Announced In Minneapolis Riverfront Design Competition

The following article by Gregory J. Scott was published in the Southwest Journal on February 10, 2011:

WINNER ANNOUNCED IN MINNEAPOLIS RIVERFRONT DESIGN COMPETITION

Winning Design For Minneapolis Riverfront Brings People To Water's Edge

The following article by Steve Berg was published on minnpost.com on February 11, 2011:

Winning design for Minneapolis riverfront brings people to water's edge



Courtesy of TLS/KVAImage from the winning riverfront design.

Heads-up For The October 20, 2010 Park Board Meeting

HEADS-UP FOR THE OCTOBER 20, 2010 PARK BOARD MEETING

5:00 P.M. REGULAR BOARD MEETING. Committee meetings to follow. The meetings will be held in the boardroom at Park Board headquarters, 2117 West River Road, just north of Broadway Pizza.

5:30 P.M. OPEN TIME. Speakers need to sign up before 3:00 p.m. the day of the meeting.

This meeting is the last meeting that David Fisher will be attending as Superintendent. His four month stint as interim superintendent ends on October 31. We are grateful that he accepted the invitation to come to Minneapolis to fill this position.

Star Tribune Commentary: Charles Birnbaum: Park Board Isn't Staying True To Wirth's Vision

In an October 28 Star Tribune Commentary, Charles A. Birnbaum, founder and president of the Cultural Landscape Foundation in Washington, D.C., writes about how the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is considering privatizing, selling off and even giving away precious Minneapolis public park property:

The Marina That Won't Die

Why is it that despite Irwin Jacobs pulling out of the Park Board's silly idea for building a marina, JADT Development Group's Riverview Homes development just north of the headquarters building continues to advertise that their buyers will have "access to planned marina?"

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