Cedar Lake South Beach Grand Opening rescheduled to August 13
Posted on 1 August, 2018Join the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and the Cedar-Isles-Dean Neighborhood Association on Monday, Aug. 13, 2018 for a Grand Opening Celebration at the new-and-improved Cedar Lake South Beach!
A special ribbon-cutting ceremony will take place at 4:30 pm and music and festivities will continue throughout the evening. Check out the Grand Opening invitation linked below and share with your friends, family and neighbors.
Grand Opening Invitation
The bathroom building is now open! Beach hours are 6 am-10 pm; no lifeguards are on duty.
Site Plan
This project built a new three-season restroom, drinking fountain, foot wash station, bicycle racks, shrub and tree plantings, benches, a terraced retaining wall with stair access to beach, restored turf areas, new crosswalks across Cedar Lake Parkway and trail improvements to Cedar Lake Regional Trail.
Cedar Lake South Beach Site Plan
Project History and Funding
In 2015-16, community engagement began and the Cedar Isles Dean Neighborhood Association (CIDNA) allocated Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) funds to prepare plans and construction cost estimates for the project. An initial plan to upgrade the beach was approved by MPRB Commissioners on April 6, 2016.
On March 8, 2017 the MPRB accepted an anonymous donation of up to $409,000 to help fund the project, contingent upon the inclusion of a restroom with plumbing. Additional community engagement was performed in April 2017 and the amended plan to upgrade the beach, which includes the restroom building, was approved on May 17, 2017.
MPRB Commissioners accepted a construction bid on Nov. 1, 2017, construction began on Nov. 20, and the renovated beach reopened on June 29, 2018.
Cedar Lake South Beach is part of Minneapolis Chain of Lakes Regional Park and no regional park funding has been allocated for this project. Instead, a combination of the anonymous donation, $350,000 in park dedication fees and $75,000 in CIDNA NRP funds are paying for the project.