All Projects

36483 Results for
Recipient
Niigaane

1.) Continue to develop and expand K-6 immersion site curriculum. 2.) Provide fluent speakers in the classroom. 3.) Develop appropriate testing and evaluation procedures. 4.) Incorporate and participate in community-based training and engagement. 5.) Execute 5-year Strategic Plan.

Cass
Recipient
The NetWork for Better Futures d/b/a Better Futures Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$845,000
Statewide
Recipient
The NetWork for Better Futures d/b/a Better Futures Minnesota
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$155,000
Statewide
Recipient
Jaques Art Center
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$10,000
Aitkin
Recipient
U of MN - MAISRC
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,000,000

MAISRC will launch 12-16 new or continuation projects aimed at solving Minnesota’s AIS problems using a competitive RFP process, informed by an annual research needs assessment and stakeholder consultation.

Statewide
Recipient
Three Rivers Park District
2010 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$680,000
Fund Source

Luce Line Regional Trail. ?Construct pedestrian/bicycle bridge over 4 lane county road in the City of Plymouth.

Hennepin
Recipient
Scott County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$527,000
Fund Source

Spring Lake Regional Park. Construct 3 miles of paved trails, dog area, parking and facilities.

Scott
Recipient
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,222,030
Fund Source

Nokomis Hiawatha Regional Park. Construct trail, shoreline, play area improvements.

Hennepin
Recipient
Dakota County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$657,000
Fund Source

Mississippi River Regional Trail. Construct 3.2 miles of trail through Spring Lake Park Reserve.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$250,000
Fund Source

Mississippi Valley Greenway Regional Trail. Construct trail.

Dakota
Recipient
Dakota County
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$489,000
Fund Source

Miss. River Regional Trail engineering and construction of the Mississippi River Regional Trail to connect South St. Paul to St. Paul.

Dakota
Recipient
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$179,749
Fund Source

Mpls Chain of Lakes Regional Park bird sanctuary, trail stabilization, habitat restoration, accessibility improvements, and construction of new entrances. Includes landscaping, design and engineering, and project management.

Hennepin
Recipient
Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$539,217
Fund Source

Minnehaha Parkway Regional Trail build a trail to connect Minnehaha Parkway Regional Trail below Lyndale Avenue. Includes landscaping, site utilities, plus related survey and site investigations, design and engineering, and project management.

Hennepin
Recipient
U of MN, MAISRC
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,750,000
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$3,750,000

MAISRC will launch 10-14 high-priority projects aimed at solving Minnesota's AIS problems using a rigorous and collaborative process. The science will be delivered to end-users through strategic communication and outreach.

Recipient
St. Olaf Heritage Association
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,495

To design, produce, and install two historical markers for the Tverberg Log House and West St. Olaf Church in southeast Minnesota.

Dodge
Olmsted
Recipient
Dakota County Agriculture Society
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$50,000

To restore several Dakota City building exteriors on the fairgrounds, in collaboration with Dakota City Heritage Village. These local structures that portray a 1900 era rural village include the 1867 Vermillion Presbyterian Church, the belfry of the District 96 one room school, and the 1861 frame structure that was originally built as a school and most recently used as the millinery and dressmaker’s shop.

Dakota
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$75,000
MN Alliance of Local History Museums (MALHM) collaborates with MNHS to develop the capacity of history professionals across the state to serve local communities. This partnership will distribute best practices to all corners of the state through a conference to be held in April 2016 in Willmar. The partnership also will begin to operate with a paid coordinator to assure efficiency in serving a greater number of Minnesotans and their organizations that save and share history.
Statewide
Recipient
Chicano Latino Affairs Council
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$112,500

The Chicano Latino Affairs Council and the Humanities Center will build on the grant received last year, which was intended to identify the elements of success in programs for Latino high school students and ways to replicate them. Applying the findings of CLAC's and HACER's research, CLAC will integrate its biennium goal of improving levels of educational achievement for Latino youth with the Legacy goal of enriching Minnesota’s cultural legacy by piloting the program in two Minnesota schools.

Dakota
Hennepin
Ramsey
Rice
Recipient
St. Cloud State University
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,996
To hire a qualified archaeologist to conduct a survey of four archaeological sites to determine dates of earliest human occupation.
Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$60,000
Partner: Minnesota Alliance of Local History Museums (MALHM) MALHM fosters collaborative local history projects, communicates curatorial and educational information and encourages professionalism among local and specialized historical organizations in Minnesota. This partnership provides a means to evaluate MALHM's mission, vision and goals for continued relevancy, to implement a secure means of communication for member history enterprises and to develop a two-day intensive annual training.
Statewide
Recipient
Ramsey County Historical Society
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$11,104
Partner Organizations: Anoka County Historical Society, Carver County Historical Society, Dakota County Historical Society, Minnesota Association of Museums, North Star Museum of Boy Scouting and Girl Scouting, Preservation Alliance of Minnesota, Ramsey County Historical Society, Scott County Historical Society, and White Bear Lake Area Historical Society. The partnership of nine organizations is conducting a study to determine if it is feasible and beneficial for organizations to share resources to meet essential, but not mission-related functions-so-called "back of office" needs.
Statewide
Recipient
Duluth Children's Museum
2016 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$147,000

Through the construction of new interactive exhibits and the creation of educational programming, the Duluth Children's Museum will highlight the community and culture of Duluth and the surrounding region. A climbable, playable model of Duluth's iconic canal lighthouses and an educational Ojibwe waaginogaan are among the planned new elements being added to the museum experience.

Aitkin
Carlton
Cook
Itasca
Koochiching
Lake
Pine
St. Louis
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$49,616

Partner Organization: Conservation Corps of Minnesota.

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$134,479

Partner: The Conservation Corps of Minnesota (CCM)

Statewide
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$76,935

Partners: Access Philanthropy

Statewide
Recipient
Northern MN District Fair Association
2012 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$7,368

To provide a space for cultural events and demonstrations at the Northern Minnesota District Fair. By building a performance area and installing a sound system, the fair will have created a dedicated space for history skits, 4-H demonstrations, concerts, and other arts and cultural heritage related programming.

Koochiching
Recipient
Minnesota Historical Society
2017 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$36,000
This partnership is designed to develop the capacity of history professionals across the state to serve local communities. This year high-quality best practices were shared around the state through the distribution of an improved periodic publication, a conference in Willmar (with almost a 20 percent increase in participation), new pilot affinity group meetings and informal learning opportunities.
Statewide
Recipient
Anoka County
2021 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,605,928
2020 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,002,396
Fund Source

Development of asset management plan and wave pool reconstruction. Work to include design, engineering, construction, utility work, and restoration

Anoka
Recipient
Anoka County
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,521,454
Fund Source

This project will provide for the overall redevelopment of Bunker Hills Regional Park, deliverables include community engagement, design, engineering and reconstruction of roadways, trails and parking lots, playground replacement, maintenance facility and security improvements and natural resource restoration. This project will also help support reconstruction of the picnic pavilions, including any site work needed surrounding the pavilions.

Recipient
Anoka County
2024 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$280,000
Fund Source

This project includes improvements to mechanical systems, pool plaster repair, cooling unit replacements, concession equipment and playground removal and shade shelter replacement. These items will ensure the functionality of the various facilities within Bunker Beach to ensure visitor satisfaction.

Recipient
Anoka County
2022 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$325,000
Fund Source

The project will reconstruct the roof of the Bunker Hills Activities Center and address drainage issues around the building.

Recipient
Carver County
2014 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$200,000
Fund Source

The Burandt Lake Stormwater Reuse System (BLSRS) project will install a water reuse system to capture untreated storm water and reduce pollutants entering Burandt Lake. This collaborative project with Carver County, Carver County Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD), City of Waconia and Independent School District 110 will retain and reuse an estimated 48% of the annual storm water runoff (1.25 million gallons) currently generated from eight acres of adjacent residential neighborhoods.

Carver
Recipient
Polk, West SWCD
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$45,000
Fund Source

Phase II of the Burnham Creek Watershed Restoration Project will conduct inventory on 2,050 acres, 85.4 miles of ditch channel within the Burnham Creek Watershed of West Polk County. This inventory includes surveying, assembling all available GIS data, ArcMap, LiDAR, review aerial photography, location of tile intakes, determine size of the erosion sites, and prioritization of severity. The district will partner with the Area DNR Hydrologist and the Polk County Highway Department-Drainage & Ag Inspector to verify data and identify any additional ditch segments.

Polk
Recipient
West Polk SWCD
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$208,610
Fund Source

The Red Lake River is impaired for turbidity. It is also the drinking water source for residents living in East Grand Forks. Burnham Creek is a tributary to the Red Lake River and its watershed is well known for its intensive agriculture, flat topography and frequent flooding. Over the last 20 years, head cutting of the bottom of the channel has led to bank failures, flow restrictions, sedimentation and constriction of fish passage. Soil loss from this is approximately 117 tons per year.

Polk
Recipient
Science Museum of Minnesota
2015 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$9,988
To hire a qualified archaeologist to conduct an inventory of archaeological plant remains from an Oneota village near Red Wing.
Goodhue
Ramsey
Recipient
North Hennepin Pioneer Society
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$6,500
Hennepin
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$4,357

Two buses, each holding 52 people, were rented to take people to the Minnesota State Capitol and the Minnesota History Center.  The plan is to include people from Mahnomen, Frazee, Ulen, Lake Park, Cormorant and Detroit Lakes on this trip.  Buses leave at approximately 6:00 am from Detroit Lakes with arrival at the Capitol/History Center scheduled for approximately 10:30 am.  One busload will tour the capitol while the other bus tours the History Center.  After tour the groups would switch venues - First Capitol group would go to tour the History

Becker
Clay
Mahnomen
Recipient
The Conservation Fund
2018 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$18,300
Fund Source

The property was not able to be acquired and protected for reasons not known to project managers and partners at the outset of the project in 2017.

Recipient
Butterfield, City of
2011 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$389,896
Fund Source

Construct treatment plant improvements

Watonwan
Recipient
Multiple Local Government Units
2013 Fiscal Year Funding Amount
$1,631,794
Fund Source

Funds are to be used to protect, enhance and restore water quality in lakes, rivers and streams and to protect groundwater and drinking water. Activities include structural and vegetative practices to reduce runoff and retain water on the land, feedlot water quality projects, SSTS abatement grants for low income individuals, and stream bank, stream channel and shoreline protection projects. For the fiscal year 2012, BWSR awarded 12 local governments with funds.

Chisago
Lac qui Parle
Lake of the Woods
McLeod
Mille Lacs
Pennington
Pope
St. Louis
Stearns
Todd
Washington
Winona