SPPC News
Volunteer Spotlight: Gretchen Cudak
Don’t be surprised if you see Gretchen Cudak stop on a stroll through downtown St. Paul’s Rice Park to pull a weed or pick some trash out of a flowerbed. Cudak, who was named the Saint Paul Parks Conservancy’s 2023 Rice Park Volunteer of...
River Learning Center wins 2023 American Architecture Award!
We are thrilled to share that Mississippi River Learning Center has received an American Architecture Award for 2023 by The Chicago Athenaeum: Museum of Architecture and Design and The European Centre for Architecture Art Design and Urban...
Save 10% off on Memorial Trees and Benches
Honor someone you love with a tribute tree or memorial bench in a Saint Paul Park before 2024 prices take effect. Life is beautiful in a park. Enjoying the shade of a tree or the joy of spring blossoms. Sharing a laugh or just taking in...
Peloton Donation Supports Winter Fitness Launch
The company is delivering $287,000 worth of fitness supplies to Saint Paul Parks! The Conservancy's request to fitness leader Peloton for support of rec center fitness programs as enthusiastically granted. A 53ft truck will deliver 3,000...
Voters Approve Sales Tax to Improve Parks
Park repairs and improvement projects will roll out as soon as funds are available. Saint Paul voters passed a 1% sales tax increase to generate funds to improve city infrastructure for parks and recreation, roads and bridges. The measure...
Volunteers Build a Playground in ONE DAY!
250 mighty volunteers built a new playground at Dunning Park in the rain. The playground build was a partnership with Saint Paul Parks Conservancy, Saint Paul Parks and Recreation, Sierra, UnitedHealthcare, and KABOOM! ! Despite less than...
Bad Luck Ball a Huge Success!
Parks fans kicked up their heels and kicked off the Saint Paul Parks Endowment Fund! More than 130 friends got out their sparkles, spats and spangles to launch the Saint Paul Parks Endowment by matching a $50,000 challenge grant from...
Give to the Max Day is Nov 16!
Support Parks and Rec on Minnesota’s Giving Holiday. Today is the day to have your gift matched dollar for dollar by a special challenge gift from the Conservancy Board of Directors. When you make a gift today to the Conservancy – the...
Volunteer Spotlight: Scott Ramsay
Ramsay has been leading the Friends of the Parks and Trails of Saint Paul and Ramsey County as president for three years, and vice president of the 30-year-old group for a couple of years before that. Scott Ramsay is an enthusiastic...