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April 18, 2025

Join the Friends for Earth Day Clean Up

Come out to East Side Heritage Park Cleanup Day on April 26 from 9 to noon!

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April 9, 2025

Bountiful opportunities to clean up our beautiful parks and neighborhoods

Earth Month offers a variety of opportunities to clean up in Saint Paul and Ramsey County.

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Highway 61

March 6, 2025

Friends strongly supports funding request for Highway 61 resiliency project

The Friends of the Parks and Trails of St. Paul and Ramsey County have sent a letter to the US Department of Transportation supporting funding for repairs to the path along Highway 61 in St. Paul.

Posted in: Announcements, Current Projects, Homepage Slider

September 23, 2024

Friends Supports Putting Purple Line On Existing Roads

The Friends strongly supports routing the proposed Purple Line Bus Rapid Transit on existing lanes of three major roadways on the East Side.

Posted in: Announcements, Current Projects, Homepage Slider

Peggy Lynch, center, with her son, Tim and daughter Teri Miska,

September 14, 2024

Tributes to Peggy Lynch, Parks Advocate and Founder of Friends, Continue to Pour In

Tributes to Peggy Lynch, Parks Advocate and Founder of Friends, Continue to Pour In.

Posted in: Homepage Slider, Past Projects

Pig's Eye Park & Lake

July 26, 2024

The Friends of the Parks Monitoring and Advocating for Several Issues

Friends supporting greater access to Pig’s Eye Park, and protections for Ramsey County grassland, and former Boy’s Totem Town.

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Pedro Park from along 10th Street.

July 24, 2024

Construction Begins On Saint Paul’s Newest Park

Construction on what will be Pedro Park at 10th and Robert Streets Downtown has begun.

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People plant trees at Frogtown Park.

June 4, 2024

Meet Executive Director Lauren Dees-Erickson

With a background in business and strong connections in St. Paul, our new executive director is well prepared.

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More than a dozen people pose at Frogtown Park while planting Peggy's Grove.

May 26, 2024

We did it! Planting Peggy’s Grove

Friends of the Parks and Trails founder Peggy Lynch (red jacket), age 90, joined the planting of Peggy’s Grove.

Posted in: Announcements, Homepage Slider, MailChimp Email, Projects / Frogtown Green, Peggy's Grove

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