All Projects

Acquire 1.56 miles of rail corridor for Minnesota River Bluffs Regional Trail

Rice Creek West Regional Trail, acquire 1.3 acres.

Acquire 0.5 acre parcel for Southwest Regional Trail

Southwest Regional Trail, acquire 0. 35 acres, connect the Minnesota River Bluffs Regional Trail and Southwest Regional Trail

Acquire 1.28-acre Country Store parcel for Lake Waconia Regional Park

Complete 6.9 miles of paved trail, build trailhead, acquire trail right-of-way

Acquire 33.7 acre Coney Island

To add 33 rolls of microfilmed newspapers to make primary records more accessible to the public.

The Goodhue County Historical Society purchased 61 rolls of microfilm covering recent editions of Cannon Falls, Kenyon and Zumbrota newspapers as well as early editions of the Red Wing newspapers.

To add 126 rolls of microfilmed newspapers to make primary records more accessible to the public.

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist

Advancing Artist Grant

Advancing Artist Grant

Advancing Artist Grant

To document in oral history interviews the history of Aeon, an affordable housing nonprofit in Minneapolis.

The grant allowed the Cokato Historical Society to hire a vendor to scan 817 8x10 glass plate negatives from the Gust Akerlund Photographic Studio's negative collection, housed at the Cokato Museum. The total size of the Akerlund Negative Collection is 14,017 images. Of that amount, 11,552 are of the rare and fragile glass plate negative variety.

To scan and digitize 1,400 significant glass plate negatives from the Gust Akerlund Studio collection.

To contract with qualified professionals to prepare construction documents for the preservation of the Alexander Faribault House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.

To hire qualified professionals to reinforce roof joists and seal the building envelope on the Alexander Faribault House, listed in the National Register of Historic Places.