Newsletter November 2008
November Friends News (PDF)
See it online in PDF format. Summary below:
Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment passes Nov 4!
Mike Hahm named Director of Parks, St. Paul
Downtown St. Paul Childrens Playground
Zoning for Critical Areas (Mississippi) on the City Agenda
Mississippi River Bike Route Signs Point way to the Gulf of Mexico
Memorial, Commemorative, Tribute Trees planted in local parks.
Spring 2009 Tree Sale
Read all about it in the Friends of the Parks and Trail news!
The Friends of the Parks offer Tribute Trees for a gift,
a tribute to friends and family, or a remembrance, donate a memorial tree in a local Twin Cities park this holiday.
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The Friends of the Parks and Trails of St. Paul and Ramsey County
is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization and your tribute tree gift donation is tax deductible.
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Each tree costs $75.00 or a three tree grove for $200.
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For $25 more get a membership in the Friends of the Parks and Trails and save $5.
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You get a card certificate and location of your commemorative trees in a park in the Twin Cities Metro area, many park systems to choose from!
Citizens of the Year 2008 Parks and Trails Voluteers
Every year many volunteers help the parks and trails in many ways
from organized clubs, "adopting" a park, picking up trash, weeding exotics.
Without these citizens our parks and trails are poorer. Here are the
CITIZEN VOLUNTEERS we recognized
in 2008 that support and help make our parks and trails wonderful places.
February 2008 NewsLetter Headlines:
-- Read all about it in our Feb 2008 newsletter (pdf format)
-- Tamarack Nature Center redevelopment.
-- New park in downtown St Paul.
-- St. Paul to start Parks Conservancy Foundation Endowment.
-- St. Paul asks MNDOT for pedestrian-bicyle trails on new Lafayette bridge.
Minneapolis To Follow St. Paul with Park Dedication Ordinance
The Minneapolis City Council is taking up a Park Dedication fee
for development in the city. This follows the example of St. Paul which passed park dedication on development in March, 2007 which pioneered a new direction for
large city policy. Suburbs have used this funding mechanism to
build city park systems for decades but it is not common in already developed
large cities.
Battle Creek Cross Country Ski Snow Equipment Fund
The Friends of the Parks and Trails of St. Paul and Ramsey County are
acting as a fiscal agent to assist Ramsey County in fund raising for
snow making equipment for XC ski trails at Battle Creek. Hundreds of
students on local teams depend on the ski course at Battle Creek and
snow conditions are too variable for regular practice. Snow making
equipment will help local teams practice and help the sport.
make a tax deductible donation:
Battle Creek Snow Making Donations
A history of the last large open property in Arden Hills that is being decided... In 2008 113 acres of property along Rice Creek was transferred to
Ramsey County and opened as a park! A 49 acre wildlife corridor is still
slated to be transferred to Ramsey County for park land.
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