City Charter
Comprehensive Plan
Mission and Parks for All Comprehensive Plan
Ordinances
Budget and Financial
Budget and Financial Information
Annual Reports
Superintendent’s Annual Reports
Park Histories
Parks, Lakes, Trails and so Much More by David C. Smith [PDF]
History of the Elwell Law: Digital Exhibition and Resource Guide
- Inventory of Park Properties – Period of Board’s Existence, 1883-1933 [PDF]
- Park Properties 1883-1933 – Data set dated Dec 2023 [CSV]
- Recreation Survey by L. H. Weir, 1944 [PDF]
- Parks and Recreation in Minneapolis, Vol. 1: Policies, Procedures and Practices of the Minneapolis Board of Park Commissioners, Part III Summary of Major Recommendations, December 1965 [aka The Brightbill Study] [PDF]