Great River Passage Division
Continued implementation of the division created in 2016. Division gaining inertia and requires further momentum to provide continuing leadership and guidance in prioritization of projects and implementation of short term strategies to become increasingly sustainable. Develop a framework for increasing the number of annual visits by underserved demographic groups to St. Paul's riverfront regional parks by providing more opportunities and increasing accessibility. Battle Creek-Indian Mounds RP; Lilydale-Harriet Island RP; Hidden Falls-Crosby RP; Mississippi Gorge RP; Sam Morgan RT; Harriet Island-SSP RT (Robert Piram RT). Introduce innovative public engagement practices, provide venues for cultural activities, training for participation in natural resource based activities.
Jurisdiction wide
Sec. 4 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL $19,819,000 $20,277,000
1. Number of innovative public engagement opportunities and type of engagement and number of participants 2. Number of active organizational partnerships established to support programming, equity, and access 3. Number of cultural activity areas established in Great River Passage regional parks 4. Acres and type of natural areas, bluffs, and slopes with resource protection and restoration projects, and the types of projects
1. Summer Series, programs led by City and GRP partners serving all ages (est. 200,000 participants annually); Voice of the River, a micro documentary project featuring community members (est. 2,000 participants); Designing with the River Series, a riverwide virtual symposium series featuring innovative civic river projects from up and down the Mississippi (est. 500 attendees); GRP Convenings, gatherings with river stakeholders frm across the Twin Cities for peer learning (est. 200 attendees); GRP Public Art, temporary public art at and along the river, one installation each summer (est. 1,200 visitors); Paddle Share and adaptive rec, self-service kayak rental with adaptive kayaking equipment and training (est. 500 annual participants)
2. 44 organizational partnerships
3. 3 cultural activity areas
4. The Great River Passage includes 3,500 acres of protected regional parkland. THe area includes river edge, bluffs, floodplain forest, and backwater lakes. In 2020, the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change project began providing tree stewardship in a 500 acre area. Three capital project sites have been identified and with restoration areas including approx. 2,000 acres. Daylighting and stormwater enhancements to Hidden Falls.
Sec. 4 METROPOLITAN COUNCIL $19,819,000 $20,277,000
1. Number of innovative public engagement opportunities and type of engagement and number of participants 2. Number of active organizational partnerships established to support programming, equity, and access 3. Number of cultural activity areas established in Great River Passage regional parks 4. Acres and type of natural areas, bluffs, and slopes with resource protection and restoration projects, and the types of projects
1. Summer Series, programs led by City and GRP partners serving all ages (est. 200,000 participants annually); Voice of the River, a micro documentary project featuring community members (est. 2,000 participants); Designing with the River Series, a riverwide virtual symposium series featuring innovative civic river projects from up and down the Mississippi (est. 500 attendees); GRP Convenings, gatherings with river stakeholders frm across the Twin Cities for peer learning (est. 200 attendees); GRP Public Art, temporary public art at and along the river, one installation each summer (est. 1,200 visitors); Paddle Share and adaptive rec, self-service kayak rental with adaptive kayaking equipment and training (est. 500 annual participants)
2. 44 organizational partnerships
3. 3 cultural activity areas
4. The Great River Passage includes 3,500 acres of protected regional parkland. THe area includes river edge, bluffs, floodplain forest, and backwater lakes. In 2020, the Adaptive Silviculture for Climate Change project began providing tree stewardship in a 500 acre area. Three capital project sites have been identified and with restoration areas including approx. 2,000 acres. Daylighting and stormwater enhancements to Hidden Falls.