Project Contact: Adam Flett

Mississippi River Pearl

Mississippi River Pearl Community Art Project

The Mississippi River Pearl was created by Art to Change the World artists with found objects like trash and driftwood.
March 24, 2023
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Close-up view of solar panel array.

Regenerative Ground Cover for UMN Solar Array

Creating habitat for pollinator and insect species around solar panels while monitoring water capture improvements.
December 27, 2022
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A cyclist passes by the restored slope along the Midtown Greenway.

Abbott Northwestern Hospital Pollinator Plantings

Native plantings provide pollinator habitat and stabilize the slope’s soils along the Midtown Greenway at Abbott Northwestern Hospital.
June 3, 2022
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A worker installs native plants in a rain garden.

University Baptist Church Rain Gardens

Rain gardens at the University Baptist Church solve a basement flooding issue while creating beauty and pollinator habitat.
September 8, 2021
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Wide shot of Elliot Skate Park.

Elliot Park Skate Plaza

A newly updated skate park in downtown Minneapolis is designed to manage the flow of stormwater as well as skateboarders.
July 27, 2021
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FamilyWise Services parking lot and stormwater pretreatment structure.

FamilyWise Stormwater Improvements

A series of Stewardship Fund Grants helped install innovative stormwater features at this social service nonprofit's University Avenue offices.
August 18, 2020
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A smiling woman and child after cleaning a storm drain.

Northeast Adopt-a-Drain Challenge

Neighborhoods take part in a friendly challenge to clean up storm drains in Northeast Minneapolis.
July 27, 2020
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An aerial view of the newly built Juxtaposition Arts skate park.

JXTA Skate-Able Art Plaza

An Action Grant funded sustainable stormwater management at a one-of-a-kind art park in North Minneapolis.
April 22, 2019
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Students perform "H20 Heroes!" for families and community members.

Youth Performance Company

Minneapolis youth became 'H2O Heroes' in their own theatrical production about protecting the Mississippi River.
July 18, 2018
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