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July 31, 2026

MWMO Newsletter — July 2026 — River Songs Edition 

In This Issue: Poetry, Affordable Housing, River Art, Staff Updates, Upcoming Events, and More
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Puddles will have a purpose on St. Paul’s West Side Flats

It is being done in the Prospect Park neighborhood of Minneapolis, where ground was broken this summer for the Towerside District Stormwater System, designed to treat 4.5 million gallons of runoff for reuse each year.
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Setting the standard for green schools

…The new eco-friendly high school is the result of community partners — including Spark-Y, the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization, the school board, the Holland Neighborhood Improvement Association and City Council…
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Prospect Park gets its biggest commercial development yet, an apartment-retail complex

The Rise at Prospect Park developers are among several who are participating in a shared private stormwater facility that is under construction in the neighborhood.
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Visitors at a July 2016 "Paint the Pavement" event at the Lincoln Playground.

Lincoln Playground to Host ‘Outdoor Reading Room’

MINNEAPOLIS — Residents and community members are invited to an evening of storytelling and fun Thursday, Sept. 8, at Lincoln Playground in North Minneapolis.
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The tree trench at Thomas Edison High School.

Edison High School Leads the State in Going Green

MINNEAPOLIS — On Sept. 9, Thomas Edison High School in Northeast Minneapolis will celebrate its transformation into a first-of-its-kind “Green Campus,” featuring state-of-the-art stormwater and energy-efficiency measures that together create an outdoor environmental laboratory.
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Stormwater storage tanks being installed at Edison High School.

Edison Green Campus Photos/Press Kit

You are free to download and use any of these photos of the Thomas Edison High School Green Campus project. Please use the following attribution: “Courtesy Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.”
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Rideshare The Mississippi? Check-Out Kayaks Coming Soon

A pilot program launching this month, the Mississippi River Paddle Share will give people in the Twin Cities a four-mile stretch of urban river to paddle in a day-use kayak.
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‘Paddle Share’ brings kayak rental to Mississippi

MINNEAPOLIS - Consider it an acquatic version of the Nice Ride bike concept. Paddle Share will allow people to rent kayaks from special stations up and down the Mississippi River between North Mississippi Regional Park and Boom Island.
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How ‘water aware’ are you?

On Tuesday, the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization in north Minneapolis hosted a water workshop for educators to learn more about how to take care of our bodies of water.
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