| |
Sheridan Memorial Park, a regional park, will feature a memorial to veterans of the U.S. military. Future park amenities include a memorial reflecting pool and flagpole honoring U.S. veterans, peace garden, picnic area, pedestrian and bike trails, playground, volleyball court and river overlooks. The park will be developed as funding becomes available. Sheridan Memorial Park is the first named park owned by the MPRB in the Sheridan neighborhood.
Project Timeline
Public Impact
Updates
News Releases
Public Participation
Reports
Project History
Park History
Contact Information
Project Timeline
Shoreline Stabilization, Site Grading – Fall 2008-Spring 2010
Design Work – Summer 2010
Construction – 2011
Back to top
Public Impact
The park is undeveloped.
Back to top
Updates
June 2010 – Thanks to the fundraising efforts of the Sheridan Neighborhood Organization (SNO), individual veterans, and direct state bond allocations from the state legislature, design work has begun. The most recent state allocation of $100,000, added to the $300,000 granted in 2008 and the SNO and veterans’ contributions, makes a total of nearly $500,000, enough to design and construct the main portion of the veterans memorial. This will include a formal space with gardens, trees, a pool and flagpole, all created to provide a space conducive to reflection.
Back to top
News Releases
Back to top
Public Participation
Plans for the park were developed in 2006 through a year-long collaboration among the MPRB, SNO, the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO), elected officials, the Above the Falls Citizen Advisory Committee, neighborhood residents, and veterans.
- Reports
- Board Agendas
- June 16, 2010 – Regular Meeting (Page 2, Item 2.3) – Professional Services for Park Development
- Aug. 19, 2009 – Regular Meeting (Page 3, Item 2.6) – Site Improvements
- Jan. 21, 2009 – Regular Meeting (Page 2, Item 2.2) – Land Donation
- Dec. 3, 2008 – Regular Meeting (Page 2, Item 2.2) – Riverbank Stabilization
- Sept. 3, 2008 – Regular Meeting (Page 2-3, Item 2.4, 2.5) – MWMO Project Funds, Riverbank Stabilization
- Feb. 20, 2008 – Regular Meeting (Page 3, Item 2.9) – Park Design Services
- June 20, 2007 – Regular Meeting (Page 3, Item 4.2) – Park Naming
- Board Minutes
- June 16, 2010 – Regular Meeting (Page 2, Item 2.3, Lines 2-5) – Professional Services for Park Development
- Aug. 19, 2009 – Regular Meeting (Page 2, Item 2.6, Lines 41-45) – Site Improvements
- Jan. 21, 2009 – Regular Meeting (Page 2, Item 2.2) – Land Donation
- Dec. 3, 2008 – Regular Meeting (page 2, Item 2.2) – Riverbank Stabilization
- Sept. 3, 2008 – Regular Meeting (Page 3, Item 2.4, 2.5) – MWMO Project Funds, Riverbank Stabilization
- Feb. 20, 2008 – Regular Meeting (Page 3, Item 2.9) – Park Design Services
- June 20, 2007 – Regular Meeting (Page 3, Item 4.2) – Park Naming
- March 7, 2007 – Regular Meeting (Page 4, Item 4.1) – Schematic Design
Back to top
Project History
The project to grade the site of the new park and stabilize the park’s riverbank began in the fall of 2008. Funded by a grant from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization
(MWMO), the project was completed in spring 2010 with the planting of nearly 100 trees. The riverbank has been slowly eroding over the years. Rock and a variety of vegetation have been placed and planted to keep the bank intact, and coir logs will hold it in place until the plantings are fully established.
Park History
Contact
Nick Eoloff, Project Manager, 612-230-6465, neoloff@minneapolisparks.org.
Back to top
|
