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, …
Our thanks to MinnPost for citing RiverFirst in a 21 Dec 12 article called 7 best planning moves in Twin Cities history, authored by CityScape columnist Marlys Harris.
Harris encourages Twin Citians to recollect the “smart moves” we’ve made. “We should be aware of our …
Transforming the Minneapolis Upper Riverfront From Ditch to Destination
The 2,500-mile Mississippi River corridor is one of four migratory flyways in North America, as well as a globally singular ecosystem that drains a watershed stretching from the Rocky Mountains to the Appalachians and encompassing …
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Updated 17 January 2013
Scherer Park Design Concept
Reconnect people to the Mississippi River through a dynamic, year-round park experience of beach and water access in a protected channel, indoor and outdoor entertainment and gathering spaces, and restorative natural habitat on a river island.
Park …
The RiverFirst Design Team’s most recent visit to Minneapolis included a lengthy and intensive discussion with staff at the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers – St. Paul District. The particular focus of their meeting was Hall’s Island, a …
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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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The draft plan update for the upper riverfront is nearing completion and will soon be going through the official review and approval process. Come to the forum for a first look at the draft and a chance to learn about proposed land use and parks …
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Meetings will address Mississippi River habitat, hydrology, engineering and other topics
The RiverFirst Design Team – Tom Leader Studio (Berekely) and Kennedy & Violich Architecture (Boston) – will be in Minneapolis, Thursday and Friday, November 29-30. This is the second of four planned visits before …