Minneapolis Parks are the best deal in town At 8 cents a dollar in property taxes, our parks provide the foundation that makes Minneapolis a great place to live, work and play.

The 34 murals on Lake between Nicollet and 30th Ave. S. in Minneapolis are part of the $8 million “Lake Street Lift” initiative.

Minneapolis, with 308 parks, spends $324 per person on its park system, while St. Paul, with 265 parks, spends $248 per person, both above the national average of $133.

Advocates in Minneapolis have been working to preserve hundreds of pieces of 2020 protest art to ensure that George Floyd and the movement he sparked are not forgotten.

In 1982, the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board used state funding to buy Boom Island and hired landscape architect Ted Wirth, then based in Montana, to submit a plan for the park. He made ...