By Mark Reilly for Minneapolis / St. Paul Business Journal If anyone reading this has any interest at all in the massive lock and dam system that sits on the edge…
Friends of The FallsMarch 9, 2021
Public invited to conversation on future use of federal land near St. Anthony Falls
ISSUED BY CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS March 10, 2022 (MINNEAPOLIS) - A March 16 public conversation will discuss the future of…
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 9, 2021 (MINNEAPOLIS) - Friends of the Falls, a Minneapolis non-profit seeking to transform the abandoned St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam site into a nationally-recognized…
Friends of The FallsMarch 9, 2021
By Susan Du for Star Tribune Army Corps of Engineers seeks a new owner and maintainer for the system. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is eager to get rid…
Friends of The FallsMarch 8, 2021
By Kent Erdahl for Kare 11 Under a new agreement, the public will soon have greater access to the Mississippi River at the Upper St. Anthony lock and dam. The…
Friends of The FallsDecember 30, 2020
By Greg Stanley for Star Tribune The public will soon get more access to the Mississippi River in the heart of Minneapolis after federal officials decided this week to give…
Friends of The FallsDecember 30, 2020
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE To unlock project funding, community groups urge U.S. Army Corps to reconsider disposition recommendation. December 30, 2020 (MINNEAPOLIS) - The President signed legislation Sunday that potentially unlocks…
Friends of The FallsDecember 30, 2020
By Greg Lais | September 10, 2020 For most of my life I thought of the St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam as a dilapidated industrial zone filled with rust,…
Friends of The FallsSeptember 10, 2020
By Robert Lilligren | July 30, 2020 We are fortunate in our state and region to have a history of strong leadership of Indigenous people, activists, and advocates. Currently, there…
Friends of The FallsJuly 30, 2020