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Bottineau Field Park Improvements

Bottineau Park Master Plan & Community Engagement

Located in the heart of the vibrant NE Minneapolis Arts District, Bottineau Field Park was suffering from aging equipment and disrepair. EOR was hired by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board to prepare a plan to revitalize the park and bring new amenities to this diverse neighborhood.  The process began with an extensive and customized engagement strategy to gain community input from the park’s primary users. This work involved developing a custom art-based engagement session to take place during the spring Art-a-Whirl event as well as school-based and recreation-center based engagement activities to garner input from the kids who use the park the most. 

From this engagement, EOR developed a vision for the park as a vibrant community hub featuring a full-size basketball court and skateable plaza as well as a new splash pad and playground, refurbished wading pool deck, and updated interior trails, pathways, and park lighting. This project is currently under construction..

Client Benefits

  • Leveraged local watershed management funding and interest to partner on ecohabitat & green infrastructure improvements
  • Tailored community engagement to focus on reaching target-users such as school children and neighborhood residents
  • Scheduled public engagements to coincide with larger public art events for maximum community outreach
  • Partnered with local artist for art-centered, place-specific engagement and input activity 
  • Partnered with national, award-winning skatepark designer

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