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Brainerd Rotary Riverside Park

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Brainerd Rotary acquired 38 acres of land  and 1,400 feet of Mississippi River frontage, and on January 3, 2012 the club donated the property to the City of Brainerd for use as a park.  Rotarians John Forrest; Rick zumBrunnen, Club President; and Theresa Goble, past Club President, presented the city with the deed to the land located below Pump House Hill, just south of Kiwanis Park in south Brainerd.  “We’re deeding this land to the city hopefully for public use for ever and ever and ever,” Forrest said.
A natural scenic area grant was received from the state and a grant came from the Brainerd Lakes General Fund with the Central Minnesota Community Foundation. Mark Ostgarden, city planner, was instrumental in achieving the grant from the state.
Comments from Brainerd Mayor James Wallin “The Mississippi river divides the city and it also combines the city — I can’t say enough for the work of the Rotary club and the others involved in this. I’m so proud to be the mayor to accept it.”
We envision it not being a highly developed park.  We are working with Riverside Revitalization groups, governmental agencies, including the DNR and Nature Conversancy, in order to obtain grants and realize the "best fit" trail corridor to connect to existing trail systems in the vicinity. 

The Master Plan
Executive Summary
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We are continually working on Brainerd Rotary Park.  Here are progress updates by our dedicated, hard-working volunteers.

Project Updates Below

​2019

​August 20

August 27
September 3
September 10
September 17
September 24
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​​October 1
October 8
October 15
​October 22
October 29
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2020
May 11
​May 18
June 1
November 15​
2021
May 4
November 9
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Video of the Construction of the Rotary Park Gateway

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Getting There

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Brainerd Rotary Riverside Park is just beyond Kiwanis Park on College Road.  As you drive beyond Kiwanis Park, you'll see Buster Dog Park on the left and the entrance to Rotary Park ahead.  Continue through the gate.  It looks like a paved trail but it is a road.  Continue ahead and vere left on the gravel and you'll find the parking lot.  From there the paved trail to your left will take you around the east side of the park.  If you go to the right a natural trail follows the river to the south.

The Centennial Project

Rotary Riverside Park Dedication


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BRAINERD ROTARY PARK MAP

Field Of Seeds, the latest news about Brainerd Rotary Park


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Rotary Riverside Park
Trail Clean-up 2017

Photo/video Credit: Gloria Mink, Lakes Area Photography

BIRD WATCHING
Brainerd Rotary Park is becoming a popular destination for bird watchers!
Photo Credit: "TouchtheSkyBlue"
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