Above the Falls

Above the Falls
Three cheers for the Minneapolis Park Board

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The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board has stayed strong in the face of difficult negotiations with Graco Corporation. In the end MPRB had to take the land along the river for a trail easement by eminent domain. Graco tried and failed to get something in return that would allow them to develop a portion of the adjacent property slated to become Hall’s Island Park. Instead, MPRB paid more than $600,000 for land Graco had promised to donate over a decade ago.

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Forces aligning to rezone north, northeast Minneapolis riverfront

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Two separate efforts — the Above the Falls Plan and the Minneapolis Riverfront Development Initiative — are underway to redesign the Minneapolis riverfront above St. Anthony Falls.

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