With her budget newly flush with money to fix and maintain neighborhood parks in Minneapolis, Superintendent Jayne Miller Wednesday identified bolstering investment in golf courses and other special facilities as a new budgetary priority.

Miller proposed a 10 percent increase in the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board budget for 2017. More than half of the increase represents a $3 million increase in staffing to better maintain parks and oversee construction projects.

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Mpls. park budget boosts neighborhood park spending