All Projects

4895 Results for
Recipient
Metropolitan Council
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000

The Twin Cities area is host to a nationally renowned system of regional parks and trails that provides numerous outdoor recreational opportunities for the public while preserving green space for wildlife habitat and other natural resource benefits. Currently the regional parks and trails system consists of 51 parks and park reserves containing more than 54,000 acres, more than 300 miles of interconnected trails, and has more than 46 million visits each year.

Hennepin
Recipient
Metropolitan Council Environmental Services
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$176,657
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$123,343
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$238,500
Fund Source

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) Watershed Pollutant Load Monitoring Network (WPLMN) forms the core of a long-term program designed to measure and compare regional differences and trends in pollutant loadings from Minnesota’s mainstem rivers and the outlets of major watersheds and subwatersheds draining to these rivers.

Hennepin
Recipient
Metropolitan Council
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,500,000
Dakota
Hennepin
Washington
Recipient
Metropolitan Library Service Agency
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$965,841
2019 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$965,841

Minnesota's twelve regional library systems, which encompass more than 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, can benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment's Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional library system is eligible to receive a formula-driven allocation from the annual $2.5 million Minnesota Regional Library System Legacy Grant. Metropolitan Library Service Agency (MELSA) is a federated regional public library system in the Twin Cities Metro Area in central Minnesota.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Metropolitan Library Service Agency
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,141,083
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,141,083

Minnesota’s 12 regional public library systems, which encompass 350 public libraries in all areas of the state, benefit from a portion of the Legacy Amendment’s Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Through State Library Services, a division of the Minnesota Department of Education, each regional public library system receives a formula-driven allocation from the annual $3 million Minnesota Regional Library Legacy Grant.

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Minnesota Genealogical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,912
To hire a qualified consultant to help Minnesota Genealogical Society develop a five-year strategic plan.
Statewide
Recipient
Scott County Historical Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,192

To microfilm issues of Scott County area newspapers, allowing for greater public access to this historic resource.

Scott
Recipient
Redwood Falls Public Library (Plum Creek Library System)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,399
To microfilm Redwood Gazette newspapers to make primary records more accessible to the public.
Redwood
Renville
Recipient
Chippewa County (Montevideo Public Library)
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,775
To microfilm Chippewa County newspapers to broaden public accessibility.
Chippewa
Swift
Recipient
Minnesota State Fair Foundation
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,085
To microfilm historic Minnesota State Fair scrapbooks to make these primary records more accessible to the public.
Statewide
Recipient
Sauk River WD
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$258,000
Fund Source
Stearns
Recipient
Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Fund Source

This project aims to improve water quality in the Middle Fork Crow River, as outlined in Middle Fork Crow River Watershed District 10 year Comprehensive Plan. This will be done by evaluating current water quality impacts, implementing best management practices already in the planning stages, and by promoting BMP’s to landowners with the support of a low interest loan program.

Kandiyohi
Recipient
Brown Soil and water Conservation District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$87,030
Fund Source

This project is to create a contact strategy for community/landowner opportunities, obstacles, and opinions on land management and water quality that will result in the identification of restoration and protection strategies for the Minnesota River Mankato watershed in Redwood, Blue Earth, Brown, Cottonwood and LeSueur Counties.

Blue Earth
Brown
Le Sueur
Redwood
Recipient
Nicollet County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$51,000
Fund Source

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is using a watershed approach to protect and restore waters of the state. This approach encompasses all of the 80 major watersheds over a ten year period. The process includes intensive biological and chemical monitoring followed by an assessment report. The assessment results determine which lakes and stream reaches are in need of restoration and which are in need of protection.

Nicollet
Recipient
Rice County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$103,875
Fund Source

The Cannon River Watershed includes approximately 941,000 acres of primarily agricultural landscape. Because of its large size, four subwatershed lobes are often referenced: Straight River Watershed, Upper Cannon River Watershed, Middle Cannon River Watershed, and the Lower Cannon River Watershed. Rice County is proposing utilizing LiDAR topographic data to determine areas of highest importance for Best Management Practice (BMP) Implementation for sediment within the Middle and Lower Cannon subwatersheds.

Dakota
Goodhue
Rice
Recipient
Aitkin County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$85,520
Fund Source

This project will implement five stormwater control BMPs and educate watershed landowners regarding proper management of stormwater control. These projects will serve to change behavior and perceptions of how stormwater may be managed, and demonstrate how easy changes may have a positive impact on land stewardship and water quality protection. 100 rain barrels will be distributed at a reduced cost to critical landowners.

Aitkin
Crow Wing
Mille Lacs
Recipient
City of Woodbury (Parks and Recreation)
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$160,000
Washington
Recipient
Seward Neighborhood Group
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,253
To design, produce, and install a historical marker in the Milwaukee Avenue Historic District of Minneapolis.
Hennepin
Recipient
Barr Engineering Co.
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,246
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,171
Fund Source

This project is to update stormwater harvest/reuse best management practices (BMPs) in the Minimal Impact Design Standards (MIDS) calculator. The update will also allow the calculator to utilize Excel files from previous of the tool.

Statewide
Recipient
Minneapolis American Indian Center
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$89,893

The Minneapolis American Indian Center has developed a long term plan to increase accessibility to and interest in Native language instruction through increased access to Dakota and Ojibwe language tables, monthly family nights, field trips and other cultural activities.

Hennepin
Recipient
Minneapolis American Indian Center
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$89,893

The Minneapolis American Indian Center has developed a long term plan to increase accessibility to and interest in Native language instruction through increased access to Dakota and Ojibwe language tables, monthly family nights, field trips and other cultural activities.

Hennepin
Recipient
The Minneapolis American Indian Center
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,000

To expand on the weekly language classes already offered at the Indian center by providing an immersion language class where only the targeted language is spoken. This will provide participants with the opportunity to, not only become proficient in the targeted language, but also to gain a deep understanding of its culture, values, spirituality.

Recipient
Minnehaha Creek WD
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$370,000
Fund Source
Hennepin
Recipient
Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$499,099
Fund Source

Construct stormwater BMPs to meet TMDL wasteload allocation

Hennepin
Recipient
India Association of Minnesota
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$22,920

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Chisago
Hennepin
Isanti
Olmsted
Ramsey
Stearns
St. Louis
Washington
Recipient
Selby Ave JazzFest
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$15,415

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Chisago
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
Frozen River Film Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$44,035

Minnesota Festival Support

Aitkin
Chisago
Dakota
Dodge
Fillmore
Hennepin
Houston
Lac qui Parle
Mower
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
St. Louis
Wabasha
Washington
Winona
Recipient
Cultural Awareness Organization AKA Worthington International Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,518

Minnesota Festival Support

Cass
Cottonwood
Hennepin
Jackson
Kandiyohi
Lyon
Murray
Nobles
Pipestone
Redwood
Rock
Stearns
Washington
Watonwan
Winona
Wright
Recipient
Gay-Lesbian-Bisexual-Transgender Pride Twin Cities AKA Twin Cities Pride
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$74,957

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Dakota
Hennepin
Isanti
Ramsey
Scott
Sherburne
Stearns
Washington
Recipient
Red Wing Arts Association AKA Red Wing Arts
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$34,690

Minnesota Festival Support

Dakota
Goodhue
Hennepin
Olmsted
Ramsey
Rice
Wabasha
Winona
Recipient
Irish Fair of Minnesota
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$74,725

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Washington
Recipient
International Institute of Minnesota
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000

Minnesota Festival Support

Aitkin
Anoka
Becker
Beltrami
Benton
Big Stone
Blue Earth
Brown
Carlton
Carver
Cass
Chippewa
Chisago
Clay
Clearwater
Cook
Cottonwood
Crow Wing
Dakota
Dodge
Douglas
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Houston
Houston
Recipient
The Loppet Foundation
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$35,330

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Carver
Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
RiverSong Music Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$21,281

Minnesota Festival Support

Carver
Hennepin
Kandiyohi
McLeod
Meeker
Renville
Sibley
Stearns
Wright
Recipient
Austin Area Commission for the Arts AKA Austin Area Arts
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$30,934

Minnesota Festival Support

Blue Earth
Dodge
Faribault
Fillmore
Freeborn
Goodhue
Houston
Mower
Olmsted
Rice
Steele
Waseca
Winona
Recipient
Pollinator Friendly Alliance
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$5,000

Minnesota Festival Support

Aitkin
Anoka
Carver
Chisago
Cook
Dakota
Douglas
Faribault
Goodhue
Grant
Hennepin
Isanti
Itasca
Murray
Nicollet
Olmsted
Otter Tail
Pine
Polk
Ramsey
Rice
Scott
Sherburne
Sibley
Stearns
St. Louis
Todd
Traverse
Wabasha
Wadena
Wadena
Recipient
Square Lake Film and Music Festival
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,050

Minnesota Festival Support

Anoka
Benton
Carver
Chisago
Dakota
Grant
Hennepin
Ramsey
Scott
Sibley
Stearns
Washington
Recipient
East Side Neighborhood Development Company
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$8,000

Minnesota Festival Support

Ramsey
Recipient
Minneapolis Park and Recreation
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$32,550

Minnesota Festival Support

Hennepin
Ramsey
Recipient
CAPI USA AKA CAPI
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000

Minnesota Festival Support

Hennepin
Ramsey