Work Group Meetings for North Service Area Master Plan are open to the public

Posted on 7 November, 2017

The public is welcome to attend meetings hosted by three newly established work groups as part of the North Service Area Master Plan (NSAMP), currently underway by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB).

One work group is dedicated to North Commons Park, while the others focus on northside parks without recreation centers and the parks along Bassett’s Creek in the Bryn Mawr and Harrison neighborhoods. If you have specific interest in any of these topics or parks, attending an upcoming meeting – see details below – and getting involved in a work group is a great way to have your voice heard.

About the NSAMP work groups

  • Formed at the suggestion of members of the NSAMP Community Advisory Committee (CAC) 
  • Community-led, with support from MPRB staff
  • Will delve more deeply into their topics, to tackle some of the more complex portions of the overall NSAMP
  • Will bring recommendations into the park design process
  • Will NOT make any final decisions 

About the upcoming NSAMP work group meetings

North Commons Work Group
Purpose: to consider the future of North Commons Park
November 14, 2017
9 am at the YMCA on Broadway
6 pm at the North Commons Recreation Center
(these meetings will be the same, participants need attend only one)

Bassett’s Creek Valley Work Group
Purpose: to consider connections between and design of the parks along Bassett’s Creek in the Bryn Mawr and Harrison neighborhoods
November 27, 2017
6 pm
Utepils Brewing, 225 Thomas Avenue North, Minneapolis

Work Group on Parks Without Recreation Centers
Purpose: to develop design principles for parks without recreation centers and ensure they are not forgotten in the overall planning process
December 11
6:30 pm
North side location to be determined 

Additional ways to get involved