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Ramsey County officials to redesign Battle Creek Regional Park

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BattleCreek_3.jpg, A person walking a dog at Battle Creek Regional Park in Maplewood is seen here Jan. 21, 2016. The park has some of the most popular trails in Ramsey C
By TAD VEZNER | tvezner@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressRamsey County officials are holding a series of community “pop-ups” to help redesign the long-

$12M environmental project will build islands in St. Paul’s Pig’s Eye Lake

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jmp-001-0237-pigs-eye-regional-park1.webp, Mike Hahm, St. Paul Parks and Recreation Director, and Angie Tillges, from Great River Passage Initiative walk through Pig’s Eye Regional Park in St.
$12M environmental project will build islands in St. Paul’s Pig’s Eye LakeBy TAD VEZNER | tvezner@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressA group of small isl

Chinese pavilion, gift from a sister city, unveiled at Phalen Regional Park

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DSC_1273-e1541281189361.webp, Visitors sipped hot tea and listened to a performer play the Qeej, a reed instrument, as they got their first look at the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion in , DSC_1347.webp, Women wearing traditional Hmong dresses pose Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018, in front of the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion, a gift from St. Paul's sister city Chan, DSC_1338.webp, Anna Look, 6, left, of Ramsey, and her friend Kailyn Jiang, 7, of Brooklyn Park, play Saturday, Nov. 3, 2018 in front of the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion,, DSC_1320.webp, A performer plays the Qeej, a free-reed musical instrument with a hollow body and six bamboo pipes, Saturday, Nov. 3, at the unveiling of the new Xian, DSC_1296.jpg, Organizers unveiled the new Xiang Jiang Pavilion in Phalen Regional Park on Nov. 3, 2018. The structure is a gift from St. Paul's sister city Changsha
By DEANNA WENIGER | Pioneer PressVisitors to the unveiling of the Xiang Jiang Pavilion in Phalen Regional Park on Saturday sipped hot tea and listened
Chinese Pavilion Rises in Saint Paul
 While Changsha gave St. Paul the pavilion, and even sent over Chinese engineers to construct it, the society had to come up with $1 million to build

Trees being cut down in Rice Park — but it’s not to make room for an ice palace

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20151117__151120wl-ricepark_lights1.webp, Rice Park, the crown jewel of downtown St. Paul, is slated for a $2.35 million overhaul beginning this spring.
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressPark Construction Company workers unload 650-pound blocks of ice two at a time off a flatbed

It’s the biggest park in St. Paul. And nobody knows about it.

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jmp-001-0237-pigs-eye-regional-park.webp, Mike Hahm, St. Paul Parks and Recreation Director, and Angie Tillges, from Great River Passage Initiative walk through Pig’s Eye Regional Park in St.
By TAD VEZNER | tvezner@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressThe drive takes you past a line of massive industrial lots. Two sets of train tracks. A couple
jmp-002-0075-pigs-eye-regional-park.jpg, Angie Tillges, from Great River Passage Initiative, left, and Mike Hahm, St. Paul Parks and Recreation Director, walk the path through Pig's Eye Regio
“It’s been mowed twice in its lifetime,” Mary DeLaittre says of the path. She manages the city’s Great River Passage Initiative, which has included th
jmp-004-0487-pigs-eye-regional-park.jpg, Mike Hahm, St. Paul Parks and Recreation director, right, and Angie Tillges, from Great River Passage Initiative in the parking lot of Pig's Eye Regio
ISOLATED PARK LIMITS ACCESSAnother reason for the inherent sense of solitude is the park’s isolation: there are no immediate residential neighbors. Ju
jmp-005-0522-pigs-eye-regional-park.jpg, Just past Environmental Wood Supply at 2165 Pig's Eye Lake Road is the ummarked Pig's Eye Regional Park. These are the last signs you will see on Pig'
“People don’t think they’re supposed to be here,” said Angie Tillges, another Initiative staffer. “There’s no signs, lots of edges and barriers.” She’

St. Paul Chinese garden getting pavilion gift from sister city

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pavalion-e1500587214408.webp, Rendering of how a replica of the Aiwan Pavilion in Changsha, China, would appear at a proposed China Friendship Garden in St. Paul. (Courtesy of city
By SELAM BERHEA | Pioneer PressThe Chinese Friendship Garden planned for Phalen Regional Park will feature a replica of the famed Aiwan Pavilion, than
friendship-garden.png, Rendering of the China Friendship Garden proposed for Phalen Regional Park in St. Paul. (Courtesy of city of St. Paul)
The Lake Phalen park is already home to the Meditation sculpture created by Changsha’s renown sculptor Master Lei Yixin.The Aiwan Pavilion is located
St. Paul - Changsha Sister-City China Friendship Garden - Phalen Park
 The Minnesota China Friendship Garden Society unveiled in 2016 plans for a Chinese garden at Phalen. The organization is working closely with St. Pau

After 23-year fight, North End finally gets its green space

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wpid-20150529__TroutBrookSanctuary.webp, Linda Jungwirth, a member of the Tri Area Block Club, walks on one of the paths in the Trout Brook nature sanctuary in the North End neighborhood of S, wpid-20150529__150530TroutBrookNatureSanctuary.webp, i-HzgHWLw-L.jpg, i-JvLBhs4-L.jpg, i-mxHqPwr-L.jpg, i-p3dwBCg-L.jpg, i-FcCV97t-L.jpg
By TAD VEZNER | tvezner@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressFor more than two decades, a group of St. Paul’s most deeply rooted residents has argued again

St. Paul council votes to privatize Phalen, Como golf course management

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20131017__Comogolfcourse_skybox.webp, A photo of the 18th hole at Como Golf Course in St. Paul, Minn., on Wednesday September 23, 2009. (Pioneer Press: Ben Garvin)
By FREDERICK MELO | fmelo@pioneerpress.com | Pioneer PressA divided St. Paul City Council voted 4-3 on Wednesday to support privatizing the management
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