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New coalition boosts activities to keep North Side kids safe, active New coalition boosts activities to keep North Side kids safe and active in Minneapolis It s been a tough year. A new North Commons Park program is here to help. July 2, 2021 8:21pm Text size Copy shortlink: A Minneapolis park in the heart of the North Side will be a bustling hub of sports, games and volunteer projects this summer a place for kids to play safely after a difficult year of violence and COVID-19 disruptions. A new coalition of nonprofits and organizations called Seeds to Harvest this month is boosting the number of free sports and activities at North Commons Park, launching its Summer Games program where kids can try out new activities from handball to mountain biking and chess. ....
Counterpoint: We re No. 3! But the ParkScore Index misleads. It tries but doesn t accurately quantify inequity, and it leaves out historical context. By David C. Smith Text size Copy shortlink: The recently released ParkScore Index from the Trust for Public Land (TPL), which shows Minneapolis and St. Paul s national ranking among urban park systems dropping from their usual top spots, is the result in part of a misguided effort to quantify inequity and a surprising lack of understanding of Minneapolis and St. Paul park history ( Fresh data show the disparities in access to parks, June 7). TPL has attempted to quantify inequity in park access by measuring proximity of different racial, ethnic and economic communities to parks by acreage. That might be a successful indicator in some communities but is inadequate for Minneapolis and St. Paul. It ignores the fundamental distinction between natural and b ....