East Harriet

The Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board (MPRB), Audubon Chapter of Minneapolis (ACM), East Harriet Farmstead Neighborhood Association (EHFNA) and LInden Hills Neighborhood Council (LHNC) have formed a partnership to create a long term management plan that will revitalize the Roberts Bird Sancuary and preserve its legacy.

Three meetings will be held to gather public input:

• Mon., August 9, 7-8 pm, Lyndale Farmstead Park, 3900 Bryant Ave.S.
• Thurs., August 19, 6:30-7:30 pm, Linden Hills Community Center, 3100 43 St. W.
• Tues., September 7, 7-8 pm, Mayflower Congregational Church, 106 E. Diamond Lake R. (Note: The regularly scheduled Sept 7 ACM program meeting will be from 8-9 pm with a program on Roberts Sanctuary.  The public is invited to attend both meetings.)

More opportunity for public input, including a survey, will be posted on the MPRB website.

Following public input, MPRB will provide technical input during the winter of 2010-2011. The ACM, EHFNA and LHiNC will work with MPRB staff to develop a long term management plan to enhance and protect the sanctuary. The final plan will be presented to the MPRB Board of Commissioners for approval and adoption in the spring of 2011.

Located in Lyndale Park, the Thomas Sadler Roberts Bird Sanctuary includes about 13 acres of woodland and wetland north of Lake Harriet and south of Lakewood Cemetery.

ACM is an Adopt-A-Park partner at the bird sanctury. Projects for 2010 included public bird walks, bird and plant surveys and invasive species removal. Visit the ACM website for more information about the ACM and its role in this project.

VOA Southwest Senior Center, MPRB and Minneapolis Community Education are co-sponsoring classes for 50 and older to get your body and brain into gear.
 
The classes are scheduled at the Lyndale Farmstead Park, 3900 Bryant Ave S, on Sept 13-17 and Oct. 4-8 from 2:30-4:30 pm. The cost for each session is $35.

Additional fitness classes being offered at the Southwest Senior Center, 3612 Bryant Ave S, are Tai Chi, Enhanced Fitness, Strengthen and Stretch and 30 Minute Upper Body Weight Workout.  For more information about the classes at Lyndale Park and the Southwest Senior Center, email mschoenberger@voamn.org or check their website, www.voamn.org

East Harriet will partner again this season with Rainbow Treecare to do what we can to preserve our neighborhood's majestic elm trees. Rainbow is offering treatments to East Harriet residents at a 10% group discount.  In addition, the East Harriet Neighborhood Association provides a $200 rebate to residents who treat a tree on their property.  There is a limit of one rebate per residence. If you have questions email us at info@eastharriet.org or call the EHFNA office at 612.824.9350.