Minneapolis Park Watch

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.

Posted by Arlene Fried on Mon, 10/18/2010 - 3:37am. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

Dear Friends of Bluff Street Park,

You are welcome to join us in celebrating the establishment of Bluff Street Park! We will be planting native grasses and wild flowers on this precious Mississippi River Bluff Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 from 10 am to 1:30 pm, with a special time for photos and speakers at noon.

CELEBRATE BLUFF STREET PARK--NINE YEARS IN THE MAKING!

Posted by Arlene Fried on Tue, 09/22/2009 - 11:19pm. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

As originally printed in the Minnesota Monitor Sat Apr 26, 2008 at 6:50:00 AM

by: Chris Steller

As state funding to local government shrinks, raising cash by selling off Mississipi River bluff parkland for development has proved tempting for both the metro's biggest city and one of its smallest urban entities.

Posted by Liz Wielinski on Sat, 05/03/2008 - 10:40am. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) invites city residents and park visitors of all ages to attend one of six town meetings to be held throughout the city in September. The town meetings kick off the Park Board's efforts to gather information from the community as the MPRB develops its long-term comprehensive plan for the park system.

Posted by Chris Johnson on Thu, 07/27/2006 - 3:12pm. | Permalink | 1 comment | Read more

In a March 29, 2006 article subtitled "Adopted bluff park may become a home for native wildlife" journalist Cyn Collins writes:

Posted by News junky on Mon, 04/03/2006 - 8:07am. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

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:

Posted by webmaster on Fri, 10/28/2005 - 11:01pm. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

SLIP SLIDING AWAY

Here's an update on what's happening to our public parks. Chunks of our parks and parklands are being sold off or rented away. The concept of public parks is being eroded. Here are some examples:

Posted by Arlene Fried on Sun, 10/23/2005 - 3:30pm. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

Is the Minneapolis Park Board considering selling a prime parcel on the Mississippi?

An article by Mike Mosedale, September 7, 2005

Posted by News junky on Wed, 09/07/2005 - 11:03pm. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

The Sept./Oct. issue of Preservation magazine from the National Trust for Historic Preservation has an essay called "In Defense of Open Spaces." Some excerpts:

Posted by News junky on Sun, 08/28/2005 - 8:01pm. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

Attend the Park Board meeting Wednesday Sept. 7

What: presentation to the Minneapolis Park Board by the WBCC Bluff Street park task force

Posted by Bluff Street Park on Fri, 08/26/2005 - 6:11pm. | Permalink | Login to post comments | Read more

BLUFF STREET PARK, aka Gasworks Bluff

WHAT: About 8 acres of linear vacant land above the West River Parkway owned by the Minneapolis Park Board.

Posted by Bluff Street Park on Thu, 08/25/2005 - 3:28pm. | Permalink | 2 comments | Read more