All Projects

1972 Results for
Recipient
Brooklyn Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,146
To repair and conserve two pencil drawings of the 1862 Battle of Acton and Hutchinson Stockade.
Hennepin
Recipient
St. Paul Parks & Recreation
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$295,096
Fund Source

Phalen Regional Park. Restore waterfall as a park amenity. Maintain landscape plantings, lighting, and other site amenities.

Ramsey
Recipient
First Baptist Church of St. Paul
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,200
To reverse inappropriate alterations by restoring the historic voice and register of the 1875 pipe organ in First Baptist Church, listed in the National Register of Historic Places
Ramsey
Recipient
Riley-Purgatory-Bluff Creek
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$150,000
Fund Source

The goal of this project is to implement 10-15 medium sized projects that will infiltrate and reduce pollutant loads to the waters in the Riley-Purgatory-Creek Watershed District. The District intends to achieve this by using their Citizen Advisors who are well involved with local associations, City staff who are familiar with associations in their jurisdiction and also seek less-known association through various advertising methods. We intend to use staff knowledge to insure that the projects are suitable for the site and implemented correctly to maximize efficiency.

Carver
Hennepin
Recipient
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

Central Mississippi Riverfront Regional Park. Revise park master plan.

Hennepin
Recipient
Barr Engineering
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,000
Fund Source

This project will complete the final Implementation Plan, semi-annual and final reports and hold project meetings. The Implementation Plan will identify target areas and priorities for implementation strategies to improve water quality for Bluff Creek. This project will build the groundwork so Bluff Creek will meet water quality standards for aquatic life in the future.

Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Le Sueur
McLeod
Nicollet
Ramsey
Renville
Rice
Scott
Sibley
Recipient
Center for International Education
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,925
To complete research for a planned documentary on Robert Bly, Minnesota Poet Laureate
Ramsey
Recipient
Hassan Area Historical Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,355
To document in 12 interviews the commercial history of Rogers and Hassan Township.
Hennepin
Recipient
Jewish Historical Society of the Upper Midwest
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,660
To research and write 15 MNopedia entries about Minnesota's Jewish Community Institutions.
Hennepin
Recipient
Heritage Organization of Romanian Americans in Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To document in 10 interviews the history of Romanian immigration to the Twin Cities
Dakota
Recipient
Mille Lacs Soil & Water Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$111,111
Fund Source

The purpose of the project is to collect data to represent the ambient condition of the lakes and streams of the Rum River Watershed within Mille Lacs, Isanti and Sherburne Counties that is needed to determine if thresholds set to protect designeated uses, such as aquatic recreation and aquatic life, are being met .

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Crow Wing
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Sherburne
Recipient
Anoka Conservation District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$280,000
Fund Source

This project will gather watershed data necessary for the development of a Watershed Restoration and Protection Strategy with parameter-specific targets that will maintain or improve water quality in the Rum River Watershed. Local Partners will lead various portions of this project and a hired onsultant will be subcontracted to write selected TMDL protection plans.

Aitkin
Anoka
Benton
Chisago
Crow Wing
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Morrison
Sherburne
Recipient
Ramsey Washington Metro Watershed District
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,250,000
Fund Source

Construct stormwater BMPs to meet TMDL wasteload allocation

Ramsey
Recipient
HAND in HAND Productions
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To meet oral history standards by transcribing six previously recorded interviews with St. Paul Police officers.
Ramsey
Recipient
HAND in HAND Productions
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To document in 3 interviews the history of St. Paul Police officers
Ramsey
Recipient
Saint Paul Parks and Recreation
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$25,000
To acquire professional services to prepare an interpretive plan for public access to history and cultural heritage along 17 miles of the Mississippi River
Ramsey
Recipient
HAND in HAND Productions
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

The Saint Paul Police Oral History Project (Phase Five) documents the history and culture of this unique 157 year-old metropolitan department and explore the important contributions of public service the men and women officers make to our Capital City of Saint Paul, Minnesota.

Ramsey
Recipient
St. Croix River Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000

PROJECT OVERVIEW

Aitkin
Anoka
Carlton
Chisago
Isanti
Kanabec
Mille Lacs
Pine
Washington
Recipient
Three Rivers Park District
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$28,900
To hire a qualified and experienced historian to prepare a Historic Structure Report that will guide future preservation projects on the Schmid Farmstead Ruins, determined to be eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic Places
Hennepin
Recipient
Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary School
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,400
Clowning Residency
Wadena
Recipient
Wadena-Deer Creek Elementary School
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500
Perrin Boyd residency
Wadena
Recipient
Scott County Agricultural Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,998

To begin the process of significantly enhancing access to the free arts and cultural programming at the Scott County Fair. A new sound and lights system for the stage will improve the audience experience during arts and cultural shows, and performer and audience feedback will help guide the fair as they design a new stage area for future years.

Scott
Recipient
Scott County Agricultural Society’
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,783

To complete the state’s only mobile oral history recording studio. The Scott County Agricultural Society will completed the road-worthy customized trailer to make it a sound-proof, climate-controlled recording studio.

Scott
Recipient
St Catherine University - History Department
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,760
To document in 20 interviews the history of homelessness among youth in the Twin Cities in the last decade
Ramsey
Recipient
Multiple public water systems
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$113,000
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

Approximately 70 percent of all Minnesotans rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. Wells used for drinking water must be properly sealed when removed from service to protect both public health and Minnesota’s invaluable groundwater resources. The Minnesota Department of Health protects both public health and groundwater by assuring the proper sealing of unused wells.
Clean Water funds are being provided to well owners as a 50% cost-share assistance for sealing unused public water-supply wells.

Anoka
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Cook
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Hennepin
Lyon
McLeod
Morrison
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Sherburne
Sibley
St. Louis
Stearns
Steele
Swift
Todd
Waseca
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Multiple Local Government Units
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$290,000
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$112,000
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

Approximately 70 percent of all Minnesotans rely on groundwater as their primary source of drinking water. Wells used for drinking water must be properly sealed when removed from service to protect both public health and Minnesota’s invaluable groundwater resources. The Minnesota Department of Health with the assistance of the Board of Water and Soil Resources protects both public health and groundwater by assuring the proper sealing of unused wells.” Clean Water funds are being provided to home owners as a 50% cost-share assistance for sealing unused private drinking water wells.

Benton
Big Stone
Carver
Crow Wing
Douglas
Hennepin
Mahnomen
Martin
Mille Lacs
Norman
Otter Tail
Ramsey
Rice
Sherburne
Wright
Recipient
MN Administrators of Special Education
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000

In 1984-87, MN became and remains one of just six states with mandated cross agency services for infants/toddlers with disabilities beginning at birth.

Ramsey
Recipient
Swedish Genealogical Society of Minnesota
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$770
To acquire 22 rolls of primary records on microfilm for increased public access to history.
Ramsey
Recipient
DNR, Ducks Unlimited and BWSR
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,891,000
Fund Source

This pilot program protected 1,210 acres of wild rice lake shoreland habitat in the Northern Forest Section by securing 14 permanent RIM conservation easements and four fee-title acquisitions, surpassing our goal of 700 acres, and doing so $250,202 under budget.

Aitkin
Carlton
Cass
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
St. Louis
Wadena
Recipient
Washington County Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$76,000
To produce a one-hour documentary on the life and significant contributions of Minnesota Supreme Court Associate Justice Rosalie Wahl based on thorough and completed research.
Ramsey
Recipient
Oyate Nipi Kte
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To publish two children's books that transmit cultural heritage through the Dakota language.
Hennepin
Recipient
Twin City Model Railroad Museum
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,000
To fabricate and install interpretive panels for the Toy Train Division gallery.
Ramsey
Recipient
Children's Discovery Museum
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$100,000

The Children's Discovery Museum in Grand Rapids will build on recent enrollment momentum and further increase participation with its School Service Program, which takes down the economic barriers for visiting school groups. The Legacy grant will fund more educators and facilitators, curriculum development, scholarship aid, transportation assistance, art and teaching supplies, and the addition of a new exhibit to the museum.

Aitkin
Becker
Beltrami
Carlton
Cass
Clearwater
Crow Wing
Hubbard
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake of the Woods
Mahnomen
Morrison
St. Louis
Todd
Wadena
Recipient
Bluff Country Studio Art Tour
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500
Bluff Country Studio Art Tour, April 26-28, 2013
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Hennepin
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Gail A. Heil
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,050
Four Old Time Barn Dances
Fillmore
Hennepin
Houston
Olmsted
Ramsey
Winona
Recipient
Southeast Minnesota Bluegrass Association
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,250
May 2013 Bluegrass Festival
Dodge
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Grand Marais Arts, Inc. AKA Grand Marais Art Colony
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500
Small Grant
Cook
Recipient
Elk River Area Arts Alliance
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,434
LED lighting for the gallery and gift shop
Sherburne
Wright
Anoka
Hennepin
Isanti
Recipient
Saint Cloud Symphony Orchestra
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$930
Computer Hardware and Software
Benton
Sherburne
Wright
Meeker
Kandiyohi
Pope
Douglas
Todd
Morrison
Stearns
Recipient
Brave Community Theatre
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$2,000
Fade to Black
Olmsted
Mower
Freeborn
Fillmore
Houston