Looking at the Upper Riverfront Through Youthful Eyes: Will New Parklands be Safe Places?

From MinnPost: 

Chances are that kids growing up in south Minneapolis or nearby suburbs have a pretty good appreciation of nature, given the closeness of the Chain of Lakes and the connecting parkways. To share space with a flock of geese or to notice differences among tree species while strolling around Lake Calhoun or Nokomis is, for them, no big deal. Understanding that urban life is part of a delicate ecosystem is easier when the evidence is all around you.

It’s harder if you’re a kid in the north or northeast quadrants of the city where industry has claimed the banks of the Mississippi River, placing nature out of sight and out of mind.

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