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Parks & Natural Resources Section

April 10, 2007 agenda

March 13, 2007 meeting minutes

Members whose professional area of interest is planning for and management of parks, natural resource recreational areas and recreational facilities. Workshops provide a wide range of topic areas for this interest group. Equipment demonstrations, park safety and liability, and facility maintenance issues are pursued by this section.

We are…
Park Managers and Directors
Park Maintenance
Natural Resources
Landscape Architects and Park Planners
Park Operations and Education
Professionals who protect and preserve our open spaces and natural resources

Please check back soon for information on upcoming meetings and events, as well as articles featuring agencies involved in innovative projects and initiatives.

For additional information about the Parks and Natural Resources Section please contact :

Parks and Natural Resources Section Co-Chairs

Lenny Klevan Schmitz
Carver County Parks
Suite #2 Cologne, MN 55322
T: 952.466.5250
F: 952.466.5223
E: lschmitz@co.carver.mn.us

Mark Riverblood
City of Ramsey
7550 Sunwood Drive NW
Ramsey, MN 55303
T: 763.238.1733
F: 763.427.2199
E: mriverblood@ci.ramsey.mn.us

The Design Center for American Urban Landscape is currently working on several green space projects including large scale mapping and guidelines for small parks.
Click here to learn more

Other recent work that may be of interest to Parks and Recreation professionals includes a report containing photos and measured drawings of 33 Twin Cities' parkways.
Click here to learn more.

In addition, the Community Redesign handbook contains case studies recounting a number of relevant Design Center projects, mostly from the 1990s.
Click here to learn more.