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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Placemaking at the intersection of land and water is much in the news of late, as we saw from last week’s post by the Minneapolis Parks Foundation’s Mary deLaittre, calling attention to Michael Kimmelman’s “Not Business as Usual” New York Times article in the wake …
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RiverFirst Steering Committee
October 11, 2012
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Room
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
Attending: List Appended
Welcome: Commissioner Wielinski welcomed Committee members and visitors and called the meeting to order at 7:45 a.m.
Introductions: Bruce Chamberlain – Assistant Superintendent, Planning – …
Updated 20 Nov 2012
R1 Steering Committee 2012 10-11 from RiverFirst Initiative
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