The Midtown Greenway is a publicly owned rail corridor running one block north of Lake Street in Minneapolis. A portion of the corridor is depressed below grade and there are 39 road bridges over the corridor. Phase I of the Midtown Greenway recreational trail has been completed on the westerly half of the corridor. Plans are to abandon rail service and remove the tracks this summer. The southerly part of the corridor, where the tracks are now, is being reserved for future transportation purposes.
This Saturday, April 27th, there will be a community Arbor Day planting event along Phase I of the recreational trail. Volunteers will plant approximately 125 trees and over 200 perennials, bushes and vines at the below five sites: the ramp down to Dean Boulevard between Emerson and Dupont Avenues along the Bryant Avenue ramps down to the trail between Harriet and Grand Avenues between Aldrich and Lyndale Avenues Tree Trust supervised maintenance crews will also plant trees between Hennepin and Girard Avenues to gauge the difficulty and danger involved with plantings on the Greenway slopes. The event starts at 9:00 o'clock may last until noon. Volunteers can choose between anyone of the five sites and should park near the site and walk down to the corridor. The Twin Cities Tree Trust will provide shovels and other equipment and there will be arborculturalists at each site to supervise the planting work. There will be sandwiches, fruit and water to drink and a good time should be had by all. Mayor Rybak, Representative Martin Sabo and others will be speaking at the Aldrich - Lyndale site at 8:45 a. m. Unfortunately, the weather forecast is for cool, inclement weather and perhaps even snow. Based on their many years of experience, Tree Trust says that this is one factor that does cause a low volunteer turn out. Therefore, we are asking for your special consideration to volunteer to help plant these plants. In the big bank in the sky, one sometimes makes withdrawals and one sometimes makes deposits. Especially if the weather is bad Saturday morning, this may be a good opportunity to make a deposit. Bring warm clothes. It would be greatly appreciated. If you have questions about the event, please contact Rebekah VanWieren at Tree Trust at 651-644-5800. Thanks. Erin Armstrong Case Assistant SMITH PARKER, P.L.L.P. Phone: (612) 344-1400 Fax: (612) 344-1550 [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________ Minneapolis Issues Forum - A Civil City Civic Discussion - Mn E-Democracy Post messages to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest option, and more: http://e-democracy.org/mpls
