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The first photo was taken Friday afternoon around 4:00 pm from the end of the Old Cedar Avenue Bridge on the south side. “Friday afternoon” as in 72  hours from the time of this post. The second photo was taken Read More

This is from the MN Explorer insert in the Star Tribune today. The author is Natalia Mendez who happens to be part of the local bicycle community. It’s bike focused, but she give the perspective of someone who knows and Read More

Yes…we are still alive.  We’ve just been laying low and enjoying the holidays with friends and family.  We hope you were able to do the same. If you hadn’t heard, we have a new Governor and DNR Commissioner and we Read More

Growing up we all heard countless times “you can only have nice things if learn to take care of the things you have now”….or something to that effect. The MNDNR doesn’t seem to respect those common sense rules.  They use Read More

We’re waiting for more details from our DNR contacts, but it looks like the DNR’s response to $1,500,000 of your hard earned tax dollars to spend and $4,100,000 low bid is to contract to build a trail to nowhere starting Read More

Bloomington Residents….this post is directed at you. All along the Mayor of Bloomington and the City Council have stated over and over and over again that the proposed plan to pave the River Bottoms was “a state issue” and essentially Read More

We are nearly at 7000 signatures. Let’s get to 7500.  If you have not signed….please do….then share the link with your like minded friends and family.  A bunch of individual voices make one loud voice that can’t be ignored.  https://www.change.org/p/ann-lenczewski-stop-the-plan-to-put-a-paved-trail-in-the-minnesota-river-valley-between-the-bloomington-ferry-bridge-and-the-old-cedar-avenue-bridge Read More

  FINALLY, after years of us questioning the cost to build the paved trail, we have a price tag for the “fully funded” trail. Drum roll…The cheapest bid for the 3.5 miles of the “fully funded” trail -the segment between Read More

The election is over and we know the results.  It’s now time to get to work and we need your help. The changes in leadership at the Capital mean that the paved trail lobbyists will be in the ear of Read More

AN IMPORTANT NOTICE BEFORE ELECTION DAY : #savetheriverbottoms is a non-partisan group of people that identify as democrat, republican, independent and none-of-the-above that came together to try keep a wonderful existing natural trail as natural as possible. Our effort has Read More