Project: Ryan Lake Park and Trail
Project Features:
Ryan Lake is an 18 acre lake on the border of Minneapolis, Robbinsdale and Brooklyn Center in the northwest corner of Minneapolis. The City owns 18 shoreland acres, including 1700 feet of shoreline. This project is a community led effort to improve lakeshore access, provide walking and biking connections, restore the shoreline, and connect and enhance open spaces with native trees and plantings.
Plans include:
- A trail, new accessible dock, native plantings, benches, a picnic table, and a rain garden along the public shoreline
- A trail underpass under busy Hwy 152 (Osseo Rd) connecting Ryan Lake to Victory Prairie
- Restoration of Victory Prairie with native plants and walking trails
- Native trees and plants along the new trail connection and Hwy 152
Project Parnters:
- Victory Neighborhood Association
- City of Minneapolis
- Shingle Creek Watershed Management Commission
- National Park Service Rivers and Trails Program
- Loring Elementary School
- Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
- Hennepin County
- Ryan Lake Association
- U of M, CURA Program and Master Gardener Program
- Camden Garden Club
- Association of Metro Soil & Water Conservation Districts
Project Milestones:
- Concept Plan completed--October 2003
- Community Cleanup of lakeshore--April 2004
- $43,000 DNR Grant awarded for trail developmentâJuly 2004
- Planting Day: 4800 square feet of lakeshore planted by volunteers--September 2004
Get Involved:
Contact Groundwork for more information on current volunteer needs.
- Help design the habitat restoration
- Participate in a clean up or planting day
- Help maintain the native gardens
- Help fundraise for our local share of matching grants
- Donate to the Ryan Lake Park and Trail Project