6pm, June 24, 2008 All Welcome at the Annual Meeting Picnic at Mounds Park, St Paul
Nominate "Park and Trail Citizens of the Year" until May 31
Every year many volunteer help the parks and trails in many ways
from organized clubs, "adopting" a park, even just picking up trash.
Without these citizens our parks and trails are poorer. At the
annual meeting we recognize some of the many citizens that support and
help make our parks and trails wonderful places.
How to nominate a person for a Park Citizen Award.
All Welcome!
Bring your own food or $7/person for a picnic dinner at the Friends of the
Parks and Trails of St. Paul and Ramsey Co. annual meeting.
Rain Garden Workshops sponsored by Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District:
List of Rain Garden Workshops
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
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.
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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!
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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!
Parkland Dedication Ordinance Passes City Council!
St. Paul's parkland dedication ordinance was passed without any dissenting
votes at the Council meeting on Wednesday March 28, 2007.
It includes not only residential property development in the
ordinance, but industrial and commercial property as well. It is an
advance in the management of larger city greenspace and parkland;
many suburban cities have built their park systems from similar ordinances
but older cities have not had a method of funding new park land
when neighborhoods change and denser development occurs.
A history of the last large open property in Arden Hills that is being decided... A piece of property along Rice Creek and a 49 acre wildlife corridor are
being transferred to Ramsey County for park land in 2007.
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