Three Rivers Purchases Land for Future Trails

Three Rivers Park District has purchased three properties in suburban Hennepin County that will be part of future regional trail corridors.

Two of the properties the Park District recently purchased are located in Dayton and will be part of the future West Mississippi River Regional Trail. The West Mississippi River Regional Trail presently links the communities of North Minneapolis, Brooklyn Center and Brooklyn Park, and ultimately will extend north along the Mississippi River through Champlin and Dayton.

The other property is located in Maple Grove and will be part of the future Rush Creek Regional Trail corridor connecting Elm Creek and Crow-Hassan park reserves. The Rush Creek Regional Trail presently runs from Elm Creek Park Reserve in Maple Grove east to Mississippi Gateway Regional Park in Brooklyn Park. Future plans call for extending the trail west across northern Hennepin County to Crow-Hassan Park Reserve in Rogers.

The purchases were funded in part with money from the vote of the people of Minnesota on November 4, 2008, to approve the Clean Water, Land and Legacy Amendment. For more information about Minnesota’s Legacy Amendment, visit the Legacy Amendment’s website. The remainder of the purchase costs were funded by Metropolitan Council bond proceeds and Three Rivers Park District.