Officials also expect $1.6 million in a federal transportation grant and a $400,000 grant from Hennepin County. The chance to rebuild a suburban-urban park, she added, rarely comes along: "It's a park that's just so beautiful that it needs an extreme park makeover."įunding for the makeover is divided among Three Rivers ($13 million), Brooklyn Park ($4.3 million) and the National Park Service ($2.15 million), which operates the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area along the stretch of the river flowing through the Twin Cities. Theodore Schulte and Mark Elphick worked on another park project. The first phase of construction, replacing parking lots and existing trails, has been completed. "It elevates this park to the beauty to which it commands and also puts it to the right brand as with all the rest of our Three Rivers parks," she said. The park district has never before asked legislators for assistance with a project, said Commissioner Jennifer DeJournett, which she said reflects its scope and importance. Three Rivers hopes that balance will be part of Gov. Construction will span several years and depend on securing the remaining funds totaling $8.5 million. A $30 million capital improvement project is planned to add amenities and boost annual visitation to 600,000, making the park more of a metrowide destination. And so this is really important that we build that."īut more than just a name change is in store for the regional park in Brooklyn Park. "So many of our young kids who are from diverse backgrounds, they don't have the historical connection to nature in Minnesota.
"We're proud to be the largest, most diverse city in the state," said Brooklyn Park Mayor Jeff Lunde.
The Three Rivers Park District, in partnership with Brooklyn Park, is changing the name of Coon Rapids Dam Regional Park to Mississippi Gateway to broaden the park's appeal, differentiate it from the Coon Rapids park on the other side of the river - and rid it of a name that some consider a racist slur.
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