Mississippi River Renaissance

Bringing into action a community COLLABORATIVE to define and implement a healthy future for the Mississippi River in Central Minnesota!

Future Pressures on the River Corridor

Project Overview
 

The Mississippi Renaissance Project provides the support necessary to focus the power of local units of government to act collaboratively for the purpose of preserving and enhancing the functions and values of the Mississippi River corridor in Central Minnesota.
 

The Mississippi River is a world-renowned landmark – an icon of Americana that flows through our community.  Of its many functions, it serves as fish and wildlife habitat as well as habitat for humans.  It serves humans as a supplier of drinking water, provider of power, recreational area, a visual asset, an economic engine and a receiver of storm water and other wastewater.  However, the Mississippi River has acted as a boundary between communities.  In many ways, it is a symbol of what “divides”, being on the margin of both Benton and Stearns counties and between cities, for instance.  This project strives to be a landmark that “unites” and places the Mississippi at the center of our attention, initiating a visioning process that is unique to this remarkable resource.