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<br /> Partnerships Using numerous participatory
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<br /> The Mississippi River Greenway and citizen photography of cherished
<br /> Is l he Mississippi River Green- i5 a model for park planning. places,Chamberlain soon discovered
<br /> way Strategic Plan serves as a political- that the most valued landscapes in
<br /> ly-savvy model for open-space planning BY FRANK EDGERTON MARTIN Hastings lay outside its boundaries.
<br /> at the edge of growing metropolitan ar- Even though there are a historic
<br /> eas.Covering a 20-mile stretch of the river a long-term relationship with this dr rnat- downtown and traditional courthouse,
<br /> south of Saint Paul, the plan represents an is bluff landscape in 1998 with a greenway Hastings derives much of its identity from
<br /> all coo rare combination of ecologically plan for the city of Hastings,a historic and its rural and riparian surroundings. In the
<br /> based park planning,political outreach,and rapidly growing river town of 18,000 just public forums, residents of Hastings and
<br /> public support for funding. Bruce Cham- south of the Minneapolis-St. Paul area.Set neighboring townships often delineated
<br /> bedain,ASLA,of Minneapolis-based Hois- in the broad Mississippi River valley,Hast- blufftops and wooded slopes as important.
<br /> ington Koegler Group Inc.(HKGi),began ings is blessed with views across the Missis- Indeed, participants who lived outside
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<br /> is one of the primary greenway corridors suggested for preservation by the Mississippi River Greenway Strategic Plan. '_
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