Riverside & Bohemian Flats Parks Improvements Improvements at Riverside Park's playground and wading pool, plus restoration of a five-acre savanna landscape at Bohemian Flats Park

Project Location

Riverside Park – 2820 S 8th St, Minneapolis, MN 55454

Riverside Park Location Map

Bohemian Flats Park – 2150 W River Pkwy, Minneapolis, MN 55454

Bohemian Flats Park Location Map

Project Manager

Tyler Pederson
Phone: (612) 499-9084
Email: tpederson@minneapolisparks.org

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Language Resources

Correo Electrónico: preguntas@minneapolisparks.org
Email: suaalo@minneapolisparks.org

Key Documents

Status

Current Phase: Bidding
Construction Timeframe: Fall 2024 through Summer 2025

What's New

Fall Project Update: Park improvements are nearly complete!

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is pleased to announce that construction of improvements at Riverside Park is nearly complete. Final work is underway on the park’s main playground and adjacent […]

Construction begins Monday, April 14!

Contractors for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) begin construction on improvements Riverside Park this Monday, April 14.  Improvements coming to the park include: new wading pool – playground […]

Update: Construction at Riverside Park is delayed due to issues with the contractor’s bid

After soliciting construction bids for the play area and pool improvements project at Riverside Park, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) conditionally approved a contract with the low bidder on […]

Timeline

Milestones (anticipated project schedule by month/season)

August-November 2022
Community Engagement and Concept Design

March 1, 2023
Concept Approval by Board of Commissioners

Summer/Fall 2023
Design Detailing and Construction Documentation

Winter 2023/2024
Project Bidding for Construction

Spring 2024
Construction Start

December 2024
Construction Concludes

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Background & Funding

Funding sources and park history

In Summer 2019, the MPRB approved the Mississippi Gorge Regional Park Master Plan, which included Riverside Park. The plan identified a need for several recreation amenity improvements, including play area and wading pool updates, but more importantly a stronger, more transparent, connection between the upper portion of Riverside Park to the lower portion of the park and the Mississippi River. Currently there is a “wall of woods” on the north side of the park along the river’s bluff that is significantly overgrown. The bluff is steep but manageable; it once had a roadway that dipped about halfway down from the upper portion to the remaining stone steps. The vegetation over the bluff, as well as poorly maintained access routes, cut the upper park off from the Mississippi River and the Grand Rounds system and discourages easy and safe movement of neighborhood residents.

2022 NPP20
$1,124,000.00

NPP20 Play Area Rehab
$338,000.00

River Access Grant (Not Riverside Park)
$ 20,000.00

2022 ENRTF Grant for Bohemian Flats Savanna (Not Riverside Park)
$286,000.00

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Total: $1,768,000.00

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