NRP's Historic 10-year Anniversary Awards Dinner was held Saturday, February 24th. The Lake Nokomis and Lake Hiawatha Improvement Project won for NRP's "Best Environmental Project". The article reads:

Taking its lead from Nokomis East residents voting on how to best invest their NRP funds, the Nokomis East Neighborhood Association's Environmental Task Force has accomplished several goals in a project to improve Lake Nokomis.

These goals included improvements to the park, to the quality of water in the lake, and to sustainable plantings that would support both visual and water-quality improvements to the lake.

In collaboration with partners from HPDL, SENA, other neighborhoods, local and statewide agencies, especially the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District, the MPRB and private organizations, Nokomis East and invested more than $300,000 in NRP funds to accomplish many hundreds of thousands of dollars of environmental goals at the Lake.

Project partners:

• NENA
• HPDL
• SENA
• NRP
• Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board
• Minnehaha Creek Watershed District
• City of Minneapolis
• City of Richfield