Mpls. Parks Boss Shakes up Improvement Plans, Delays Many Projects

The following article by Steve Brandt was published in the October 27, 2015 issue of the Star Tribune.

Mpls. Parks Boss Shakes up Improvement Plans, Delays Many Projects

 

It seemed that youngsters at Matthews Park in Minneapolis never got tired of taking a whirl or giving a push on this swing Monday.

Photo: Glen Stubbe, Star Tribune


It seemed that youngsters at Matthews Park in Minneapolis never got tired of taking a whirl or giving a push on this swing Monday.

Luxton and Matthews parks and the Washburn Avenue tot lot were supposed to get playground renovations next year. Phelps Park was to get a wading pool replacement. Lyndale Farmstead and Painter parks were slated for building improvements.

But those and 12 other projects would be put off a year as part of a revamped proposal by Minneapolis Park Superintendent Jayne Miller.

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