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Home My WebLink About1974 04-16 Proposed Nature Center Stirs Maplewood Foes DISPATCH Proposed Nature Center Stirs Maplewood Foes A proposed Eric Blank ._- for a na- study center at Maple- ture center in conjunc- wood's Michael Lane tion with North St. Park will draw "consid- pmol-Maplewood Dis- crable opposition," City trict622. Councilman John Grea- yusays. Under the plan, class- es from the schools "I've had calls from would tour the area for people." he told the city study pruposes. council last week. Councilman Don Wie- "They don't want any- gert asked that the resi- body touching that dents around the park place," he added. "They withhold judgment until say just clean it up, more information about plant some trees and let the nature center be- it sit. They don't want comes available. anything else there. CityManager Michael They're really hot on Miler said that the this." "whole idea" of a nature center is to keep the Grcavu said the people park "as rough and nat- werc responding to ural asossible." suggestions from Parks p & Recreation Director "When they (the peo- ple) see what's coming down there," he predict- ed, "t h e y 'I 1 probably find it acceptable." He said it will be simi- lar to a nature center in. Richfield, which he des- cribed as a relatively untouched park ' with meandering foot paths. "Its much more desir- able than what they've got down there now," he insisted, "where people f e e 1 they can dump things."