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City of Edina • 4801 W. 50th St. • Edina, MN 55424
Contact: Lauryn Grimes, Communications Intern
Phone 952-833-9522 • CommIntern@EdinaMN.gov • www.EdinaMN.gov
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
City Moves Forward with Park System Master Plan
Edina, Minn., Sept. 18, 2014 – Confluence Group – made up of Pros Consulting, Barr Engineering, 292
Design Group and Dreambox -- will work with the City of Edina to develop its Park System Master Plan.
“[This project] will take a look at the entire park system and all of our assets,” said Assistant Parks &
Recreation Director Susan Faus. “[It will] provide an overall vision of what we want our park system to
include.”
“The Park Board selected this company for a variety of reasons, but they really liked the tremendous
experience that these companies have in master planning throughout the county,” said Parks & Recreation
Director Ann Kattreh. “[The Park Board] thought [Confluence] could bring a unique vision from outside the
state to our park system.”
The City’s Parks & Recreation Department is also in the process of completing a community survey to help
guide the master planning process. A survey was mailed to approximately 3,000 Edina homes and the
Department expects to start receiving results in October. The Department is also completing a GIS inventory
of the park system which will be helpful to guide the process.
“We want to compare our parks to peer and aspirational cities to find out what we’re doing well, in which
areas we need to improve and how we can best allocate our financial resources moving forward,” said
Kattreh.
A committee of Park Board members has been advising this project from the start. All Park Board members
will join them in guiding the master planning process to its completion. The Park System Master Plan project
is expected to being in October or November and last about a year – until the final plan is developed.
“We regularly receive suggestions for park amenities from our residents and look forward to matching these
requests with the overall vision that the master plan will provide,” said Faus
For more information, contact the Parks & Recreation Department at 952-826-0367.
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