Draft of new Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Comprehensive Plan, “Parks for All” opens for public comment
Posted on 9 November, 2020
Today, Monday, Nov. 9, 2020, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) published a draft of Parks for All, the MPRB 2021 Comprehensive Plan. Parks for All is a new comprehensive plan that will set MPRB priorities and policy direction for the next decade. Minneapolis community members, park users, MPRB staff and partners are encouraged to review the plan and send feedback during a 70-day public comment period that ends Monday, Jan. 18, 2021.
Following the public comment period, the draft plan will be revised based on public input and presented to MPRB Commissioners for review and approval. Use the link below to view the draft Parks for All plan, give feedback on it and learn more about the processes and input used to create it.
Share the Parks for All draft plan with your friends, family, neighbors or other networks using minneapolisparks.org/parksforalldraft or bit.ly/MPRBCompPlan.
The Executive Draft Summary and feedback survey have been translated into Hmong, Somali and Spanish at the page linked above. Printed copies available upon request.
About Parks for All
The draft document will be the MPRB’s agency policy direction based on shared values with community, agency staff and elected officials.
It will provide guidance in developing policy, establishing or changing programs and services, setting the annual MPRB budget and creating park improvements over the next decade.
It is a tool for communicating to MPRB staff, commissioners and the general public about what the MPRB does and it values.
It will build on what works now while identifying gaps in programs, services and strategies that need to be filled in the next decade. Parks for All focuses on the park system as a whole, not specific recommendations for individual parks.
It will build from master plans, other policies and activity plans, strategic directions and the community input gained during the last two years of engagement across the system, all of which incorporate more specific recommendations.
Engagement Process
Parks for All was developed through extensive staff, community, agency partner and commissioner input through an almost two-year process. This planning process is separate from the City of Minneapolis 2040 Comprehensive Plan.
The extensive engagement process was intended to develop a path toward a future that reflects the values, expectations and dreams of the communities served by the Minneapolis park system and MPRB commissioners and staff. Approximately 5,000 people have been involved in providing input on the draft document.
The MPRB thanks everyone who worked so hard to develop these policy ideas for the next 10 years of Minneapolis park and recreation system, including workgroup members and forum participants, the Youth Design Team, MRPB commissioners and staff, and the Parks for All Community Advisory Committee.