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Request for Professional Services for 2025–2026

The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) uses outside consultants to provide professional services in a number of areas, including but not limited to: Planning and Engineering, and Legal Services. Firms interested in providing services to the MWMO for 2025–26 should submit a...

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.
August 25, 2016

MWMO News Release - Aug. 25, 2016

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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.
August 16, 2016

MWMO News Release - Aug. 16, 2016

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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.”
August 16, 2016

MWMO Press Kit - Aug. 16, 2016

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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.
August 10, 2016

Gear Junkie - Aug. 10, 2016

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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.
August 4, 2016

KARE 11 - Aug. 4, 2016

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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.
August 2, 2016

KARE 11 - Aug. 2, 2016

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Kayak sharing along Mississippi in the works

A first-of-its-kind kayak-sharing service along the Mississippi River in Minneapolis could be open for business this month, allowing visitors to dip their paddles in one of the state's most overlooked national park areas.
August 2, 2016

Star Tribune - Aug. 2, 2016

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Stormwater cleanup goes high tech in St. Anthony Village

Polluted stormwater running off of Twin Cities buildings and streets normally isn't cleaned up very much — if at all — before it enters a series of pipes that flow into the Mississippi River.
July 21, 2016

Minnesota Public Radio News - July 21, 2016

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Ribbon cutting at St. Anthony water treatment and research facility

Celebrate the completion of a high-tech new facility that will protect the Mississippi River from polluted runoff on Thursday, July 21 beginning at 5:30 p.m. in St. Anthony.
July 20, 2016

St. Anthony Bulletin News - July 20, 2016

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