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Celebrate opening The River Hub at Graco Park on Saturday, May 10!
 The River Hub at Graco Park in October 2024
Park activities are planned 10 am-4 pm; ribbon-cutting ceremony starts at 11:30 am
Join us at a Grand Opening Celebration for The River Hub at Graco Park on Saturday, May 10!
Event Schedule
10 am: Minneapolis Park Market featuring local vendors selling art, gifts and food
10 am: Minneapolis Bouldering Project hosts a free yoga class
11:30 am: Grand Opening Ceremony features speeches followed by a ribbon-cutting
12:30 pm: Art projects, spring seed library, fat tire bike rides and nature activities
About The River Hub
The River Hub at Graco Park is located at 810 Sibley St. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413. It's a new 4,000-square-foot building in Graco Park, a 9-acre park that opened last fall on the Northeast Minneapolis riverfront.
Building features include a Spark'd Studios location, which offers technology and art equipment and instruction for youth, the Riverview Room, which can accommodate 50-150 people with large doors opening toward the Mississippi River, a conference room that can accommodate up to eight people, a welcome lobby, and public restrooms.
The building is considered “Net Zero,” which is an ultra-low energy structure that consumes only as much power as can be generated onsite by clean, renewable resources. This is achieved through an energy efficient design, rooftop solar panels, and geothermal energy system. All windows have a reflective coating to reduce bird-glass collisions in the Mississippi Flyway.
If you can't wait to check it out, the building opened yesterday! Hours are Wednesday-Friday 3-8 pm, Saturday-Sunday 12-6 pm.
More information and building reservations at The River Hub at Graco Park website.
 An illustration shows a new bridge over the Boom Island Marina heading north into a trail underpass connecting to Graco Park
Boom Island Trail Connection
Plymouth Avenue Bridge closes for approximately four months on Monday, April 21.
The closure is necessary so that workers can safely build an important Northeast Minneapolis riverfront trail connection. The City of Minneapolis will perform necessary repairs to the Plymouth Avenue Bridge while it’s closed this summer, reducing future bridge closures.
This new trail connection under Plymouth Avenue will link Graco Park and Boom Island Park. When it’s complete, people will be able to travel on a completely off-road riverside trail that connects Sheridan Memorial Park, Graco Park, Boom Island Park and Nicollet Island along 1.5 miles of scenic Northeast Minneapolis riverfront.
The street crossing to Boom Island Park at the foot of the bridge will also receive much-needed safety upgrades. A Rapid Flashing Beacon will be installed to alert drivers to people crossing Plymouth Avenue and sidewalk bump-outs will narrow the distance to cross the road.
In addition, a new trail bridge will be built over the Boom Island Marina and trails will be realigned leading up to the underpass. The marina will be closed in 2025 and reopen for the 2026 season.
Northeast Trail Connection Fact Sheet
Construction Overview
- An approximately 100-foot-long section of Plymouth Avenue will be removed, including retaining walls along the bridge.
- Workers will excavate down approximately 20 feet below the road, drive a series of helical piles and pour concrete footings to be able to support a 24-foot-wide underpass structure.
- An underpass trail structure will be installed, then utilities running across the bridge will be reconnected, and the roadway retaining walls reconstructed.
- The excavation will be backfilled over the trail underpass and the removed section of Plymouth Avenue repaved.
Other Summer Bridge Closures
Also this summer, the Stone Arch Bridge is closed for repairs by MNDOT and Bridge 9 is closed for repairs by the City of Minneapolis. Unfortunately, delaying major infrastructure repairs to lessen this inconvenience for trail users would result in significant construction cost increases, and often funding for infrastructure projects comes with non-negotiable deadlines.
The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board appreciates everyone's patience and understand the closures are inconvenient, however, this work will pave the way for generations of safer and more enjoyable riverfront access for bikers and all trail users.
Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
2117 West River Road
612-230-6400 | info@minneapolisparks.org
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