Swede Hollow Park Master Plan
Overview
Swede Hollow Park is a 25 acre neighborhood park in the City of Saint Paul in the Dayton’s Bluff district. The park provides a natural corridor in an urban setting surrounded by successional and mature trees and vegetation. There are currently biking and hiking trails with benches throughout the park. Existing access points include the ramp/tunnel near Hope Academy, the stairs by the parking lot on Greenbrier Street, and the recent developed parking near the trailhead at East 7th Street and Payne Ave. The Bruce Vento Regional Trail connects to Swede Hollow Park at the parking lot.
The purpose of the Swede Hollow Park Master Plan is to produce a strategically focused plan informed by the landscape and community desires. Priority is given to addressing park access, increasing visibility and security through design, natural resource management, and options to daylight additional segments of Phalen Creek, and historical and cultural interpretation and management.
Funding has been secured through the McNeely Foundation for developing a master plan document.
For more background information and history please refer to the References section below.
Community Engagement Survey
Lower Phalen Creek Project is leading the community engagement to collect feedback and ideas to help guide and design the future of Swede Hollow Park. Please help by responding to the online survey.
Tentative Community Engagement Schedule
*Schedule may change. Look forward to project updates.
Site Visit 1: Park Tour, Monday, October 29, 2018, 5:00-6:30 PM. Meet in parking lot of HOPE Academy, 720 Payne Ave, St. Paul, MN 55130. Please RSVP for the event here.
Site Visit 2: Winter Park Tour: Swede Hollow Park Immigrants & History, Saturday, February 23, 2019, 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM. Meet at Drewry Tunnel Entrance to Swede Hollow Park and dress warm as we will be outside. Lower Phalen Creek Project will be providing light refreshments after the tour. Please RSVP for the event here.
Site Visit 3: Spring Park Tour - Indigenous Cultural History, March 2019
Community Engagement (Lower Phalen Creek Project): October 2018 - March 2019
Community Engagement 1: Swede Hollow Park Master Plan Goals & Priorities, April 2019
Community Engagement 2: Design Layout Workshop, May 2019
Community Engagement 3: Preliminary Concepts, June 2019
Community Engagement 4: Open House, July 2019