by SPPC Office | Oct 26, 2021 | SPPC News
You can light up the park (and make the twinkle squirrel-proof!) Thank you to Lowertown residents and businesses for having been so supportive with donations to the Holiday Lighting fund over these past several years. This year we need your help even more....
by SPPC Office | Oct 26, 2021 | SPPC News
Six Park “Friends Groups” identify common needs and start a budding cohort. This month, The Trust for Public Land and your Saint Paul Parks Conservancy hosted the first gathering of park “friends groups” at Frogtown Community Center. Friends of Upper Landing, Mears...
by SPPC Office | Oct 26, 2021 | SPPC News
Gifting a tree is a great way to honor someone you love and the environment. A beautiful Northern Red Oak tree was planted in Mears Park this month in memory of Bill Gardner. Majestically spreading their branches across all of our parks, tribute trees quietly honor...
by SPPC Office | Oct 26, 2021 | SPPC News
Text to give campaign seeks to build micro-gifts The big shift in fundraising over the last decade has been toward crowdfunding and micro-gift campaigns that can involve many community members supporting a common cause. As you walk, run or bike along Saint Paul Park...
by SPPC Office | Sep 24, 2021 | SPPC News
Aleah Wong is a rising senior majoring in Biology and Environmental Studies at Macalester College. Her project with the Conservancy this semester is to develop recommendations and identify partnerships for environmental education and citizen science projects in Swede...
by SPPC Office | Sep 23, 2021 | SPPC News
The Trust for Public Land joins us in convening leaders from volunteer “Friends of Parks” groups for peer learning. If you are involved starting or leading a “Friends Of” Park volunteer group, please join us for a Fall “Friends Forum from 5:30-7 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct...