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Minneapolis parks
incorporate natural
resources such as
Minnehaha Falls in
Minnehaha Park.

acquired and preserved for the public before private
development consumed the adjoining properties.
One of the encouraging aspects that attendees can
learn from Minneapolis is the unequivocal support from
the Minnesota public towards the park system. Gears
relates how in 2008, during an economic downturn,
the citizens of Minnesota overwhelmingly approved an
amendment to the state's constitution that increased the
sales tax by 3/8 of 1 percent for the next 25 years to provide funding for clean water, natural areas and wildlife,
cultural heritage, parks and trails, and the arts.
" The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board facilities, and many of our park systems throughout Minnesota,
have benefitted from this public mandate, " Gears says.
" During this Congress, delegates will be able to travel
around the metropolitan area and experience these great
park systems and listen to education programs that will
provide all with ideas that can be taken home and put to
good use within communities across the country. "
One of the avid supporters of the Minneapolis park
system is Mayor R. T. Rybak, a lifelong resident of the
city and mayor since 2001, who grew up in a neighborhood within walking distance to a park with a lake. He
still swims in the city's lakes three to four times a week,
weather permitting. " Most cities have parks in them,
but Minneapolis is a parks system with a city around
it. Our residents use our parkways as main streets, "
Rybak says.
In Minneapolis, the parks do not come under the purview of the city government, but are entirely run by the
independent Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board.
While Mayor Rybak is a huge user and supporter of
parks, recreation and green space, he has no direct authority over them. Despite this, the mayor has still found
ways to improve park access in the city. As part of his
Great City Agenda, he has worked to create great public spaces by reweaving the urban fabric and reshaping
the way people get around Minneapolis. One example of
how he did this was in helping to launch the nation's largest bike-share system, which is one reason Minneapolis
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