This slideshow previews the potential public-private funding strategies for RiverFirst. Included are demographic maps of the RiverFirst area, key themes for implementation, findings about perception and approach to implementation, and broad Priority Project funding projections.
Donjeck Inc. completed the Finance Strategy analysis and recommendations and …
Naomi Pescovitz of KSTP-TV Channel 5 covered RiverFirst last night. This is an excellent segment featuring Tom Leader and several community members, and captures the importance of RiverFirst to the region.
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If you’re following RiverFirst design or looking forward to our forthcoming Finance Strategy, you’ll appreciate this Executive Summary presentation.
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board Commissioners heard, Wednesday, May 1, a summary of progress from the RiverFirst Design Team and the RiverFirst Initiative, who have completed …
PUBLIC HAS TWO OPPORTUNITIES TO LEARN ABOUT SCHERER PARK/HALL’S ISLAND, NEW RIVERFRONT TRAILS AND OTHER AMENITIES
Thursday, May 2, 2013
11 AM – 12:00 PM Community Open House
6 – 8:00 PM Public Meeting: Presentations begin at 6:10 PM
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
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Tonight, 6-8PM, Charles Birnbaum, founder & president of The Cultural Landscape Foundation, will be lecturing at the University of Minnesota on the subject Cultural Landscapes, Design and Historic Preservation. The program is sponsored by the College of Design Dean’s office, the Department of Landscape Architecture and …
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Did you know that by the time a drop of water from Lake Itasca reaches the “dead zones” near the mouth of the Mississippi River, it’s nearly depleted of oxygen?
A group of Indigenous women are raising awareness about the River’s health as they walk …
RiverFirst Steering Committee
January 17, 2013
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
Board Room
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Welcome: John Erwin welcomed Committee members and visitors and called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m.
Noted that this project is a tremendous public-private collaboration. The …
We’re always interested in what you think. Now – following the Design Team’s visit this week, and the ongoing Hall’s Island negotiation with permitting agencies - is a particularly good time to comment on the progress of Priority Projects.
If you didn’t make last night’s …
What interests some Minnesotans most about RiverFirst? Jon Commers, Principal of Donjek, told our Steering Committee on January 17, that three themes are emerging from his research:
Interest in how RiverFirst binds together separate sites
Eagerness for immediate demonstration
Desire to make RiverFirst concrete …
INPUT SOUGHT ON SCHERER PARK-HALL’S ISLAND, RIVERFRONT TRAILS, 26th AVE N & 22nd AVE NE GREENWAYS
Thursday, January 17, 6-8:00 PM (Presentations 6:30-7:15 PM)
Nicollet Island Pavilion
40 Power Street, Minneapolis, MN 55401
Map & Directions
Minneapolis, Minn. – The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board, …