HomeMy WebLinkAbout1979 06-27 Cope Street Park receives funding THE REVIEW Cope Street Park
receives funding
aCope Street Park in Maplewood has "We now have the formal go ahead and
been selected for federal funding under can negotiate the purchase of the
the Land and Water Conservation Fund. property with the property owners,"
.15 Maplewood will receive$65,400 for Cope Blank said. "We already have informal
CStreet Park, located in the southeast negotiations going on."
corner of Cope Avenue and Hazelwood No development will be planned for the
Street. park for a few years,but the property will
Last year, Eric Blank, community be ready for future recreation needs.
services director for Maplewood,applied The Maplewood City Council approved
with the state planning agency and the the 1979 Park Budget at their March 19
metro council for approval of a grant to meeting,and this park acquisition was
purchase land for the park. Once ap- one of the 14 projects included.
proved by their departments,Blank then The major share of Land and Water
applied for the federal funds. Conservation Funds come from revenues
This is a shared cost acquisition produced by Outer Continental Shelf Oil
program with the federal funds paying 50 and gas leasing.
percent, the state 25 percent and A total of 34 projects in Minnesota will
Maplewood the other 25 percent. receive$1.3 million in federal funds.