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A pile of sand and a pile of traction grit on a table.

Free bags of salt alternative available for de-icing to keep salt from water

Two Minneapolis neighborhoods are teaming up to reduce the amount of salt that makes it into our waters this winter with the help of free bags of an alternative option… […]
January 12, 2024

KSTP-TV

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Traction grit spread out on an icy sidewalk.

Minneapolis neighborhood associations encourage residents to use less or no salt this winter

MINNEAPOLIS — As temperatures drop, ice becomes more of a problem on Minnesota roads and sidewalks. But the salt that we put down is a big pollutant of our waterways, […]
January 8, 2024

WCCO-TV

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Upper Harbor Terminal Dome Demolition

Crews complete dome demolition at Minneapolis Upper Harbor Terminal Site

MINNEAPOLIS — Impressive drone footage has been released showing crews tearing down the three domes at Minneapolis’s Upper Harbor Terminal Site. The tear-down started earlier this month at the closed shipping […]
September 15, 2022

CBS News Minnesota

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Raingarden dedication ceremony at the Islamic Cultural Community Center.

Stewardship Funding Grants from Mississippi Watershed Management Organization

Listen up neighborhood organizations, block clubs, non-profits, home owner associations and more – three types of grants are available to you from MWMO for projects that range from Community Grants, Planning Grants […]
August 11, 2022

Mill City Times

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Planting pollinator seed mix at a solar array.

Pollinator-friendly Habitat Planted at West Bank Solar Array

[…] A community grant from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) made it possible for the University to receive the research equipment and additional seeds, and the University received consulting […]
December 9, 2021

It All Adds Up | UMN Sustainability

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Aerial view of Northrup King Campus.

Artist live/work spaces slated for Northrup King complex

[…] The passage between the two buildings slated for the live/work spaces will be transformed into Stormwater Street, a system of roof drains, native plant beds, and trenches that collect […]
November 30, 2021

The Northeaster

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Mississippi River Green Team by Dudley Edmondson

Mississippi River Green Team: Growing green careers, improving the urban watershed and creating environmental advocates.

Though the weather was hot and humid, it didn’t slow down the teenage members of the Mississippi River Green Team, who worked diligently while trading friendly, funny banter. The team was completing […]
November 4, 2021

The Nature Conservancy

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Apartments at Northrup King complex will house artists in northeast Minneapolis

[…] Artspace spent two years raising funds and received grants or loans from the city of Minneapolis, the state and the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization.
October 15, 2021

Star Tribune

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The Masjid An-Nur mosque in North Minneapolis.

Rain gardens help Minneapolis’ first ‘eco-mosque’ control flooding

…In 2019, one of the congregation’s members, Kenya McKnight, suggested Masjid An-Nur apply for a planning grant from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization. This government agency, headquartered in northeast Minneapolis, […]
March 17, 2021

Sahan Journal - March 16, 2021

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