2010 04 22 MN Parks and Trails Legacy Project

Minnesota Parks and Trails Legacy Project

In 2008, voters approved a constitutional amendment to levy an additional sales tax for Minnesota’s legacy. The Department of Natural Resources receives some of this money to put towards parks and trails.  How do you think the money should be spent? What’s your vision for Minnesota’s parks and trails?

The Citizens League is working with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources as it engages Minnesotans in their Parks and Trails Legacy
Project. The project will establish guidelines for how money from the constitutional “Legacy Amendment” and other traditional sources of funding will be spent over the next

25 years based on the vision and priorities of Minnesotans. The purview for this work is just for

Minnesota’s parks and trails, and has no relationship with or impact on how the other Legacy monies will be spent (clean water, preservation, and arts and culture).

The input gathered from Minnesotans will guide the plan.  Your feedback and information will serve as the basis for decisions for the DNR’s workgroups, who will be responsible for writing plan elements.

How to get your voice and your thoughts heard:

1) Visit the web page at www.citizing.organd fill out the survey.

2) In Person Meetings were the DNR will be asking for public input?

The first and closest meeting for residents of Wright County will be held in St. Cloud on Thursday, May 6, 2010 at 7:00 p.m. at the St. Cloud Library.  For a full list of meeting locations and times visit www.citizing.org

When completing the survey or giving your input remember that Wright County is considered Greater Minnesota.  You input is vital to the overall statewide park and trail planning process and future projects in
Wright County.

The time in now to leave your legacy!nnesota Parks and Trails Legacy Project