Minneapolis Parks Foundation News

May 2013

Next Generation of Parks™ Spring Lecture Series Begins Thursday, May 9 Eelco Hooftman, co-founder of Edinborough, Scotland-based GROSS.MAX, stands out among a new generation of contemporary European landscape designers. His firm has designed award-winning projects in the Middle- and Far East and Europe, including Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, London. Berlin’s airport-to-park transformation of Tempelhofer Freiheit will be the evening’s featured project.     > Read our Tempelhof Design Case Study Event Details - Take Note! 7-9:00PM at the Walker Art Center Free + Open Seating Ticketing begins at 6:00PM at the Walker’s Bazinet desk only Tickets Go Fast! Presented in Partnership     RiverFirst Initiative Hits Two Milestones We organized a May 2, RiverFirst Steering Committee meeting to hear Finance Strategy Initial Findings, completed by Donjek Inc. for the RiverFirst Initiative.   The meeting followed a well recieved joint MPF-Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board presentation to Park Board Commissioners the evening prior, which also featured completed schematic design for the five Park Board-led R1 Priority Projects currently underway. Two community meetings were also hosted by the Park Board, May 2.     > Download the R1 presentations from our blog Water Works RFP Submissions Coming Next Week Since we released the Water Works Request for Proposal last month, questions have been pouring in from designers. Submissions are due next Friday, May 17, and until then, designers – and other curious folk – can stay on top of things at our blog and FAQ pages.     > Read the Water Works RFP FAQ   > Read about Water Works and download the RFP