Replacing furnaces and roofs is not all that attention-getting, but utterly necessary. Same goes for fixing a sagging roofbeam or faulty elevator, and repairs for sinkholes and cracked sidewalks. These types of critical needs typically fall outside capital investment projects, and aren’t part of routine maintenance, either.
However, NPP20 funds allowed MPRB to expand its rehabilitation program in neighborhood parks: its six-year budget – $20.4 million from 2019 to 2024 – is five times more than the pre-NPP20 budget of $3.97 million.
Here’s an overview of rehabilitation accomplishments in neighborhood parks from 2017 to 2012 – that is, the first five years of NPP20:
7 recreation centers with restrooms renovated for current ADA requirements and all-gender access
Audubon, Bossen, Bryant, Farview, Lyndale Farmstead, Matthews, Painter
8 recreation centers or buildings with extensive repairs, rehabilitation and updates
Audubon, Bossen Field, Farview, Fuller, Kenwood, Logan, Lyndale Farmstead, Painter, Phillips
9 roof replacements at park buildings
Recreation centers: Brackett, Farview (also siding), Logan, Longfellow, Luxton (also siding), Whittier
Other buildings: Loring (maintenance), Cavell (restroom), Godfrey House (siding only)
12 parks with renovated sport courts
basketball at Bryant Square, Elliot, Fuller, Hall, Holmes and Van Cleve parks; basketball and tennis at Cavell, Kenny, Logan, Lyndale Farmstead and Pearl
13 parks with lighting replacements or repairs
Audubon, Bossen, Bryant Square, East Phililps, Elliott, Farview, Folwell, Fuller, Matthews, McRae, Lake Nokomis, Powderhorn, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior
20 recreation centers with HVAC replacements or interior electrical upgrades
26 parks with accessibility improvements at parking lots, pathways to recreation centers, center entries
56 parks where play equipment was repaired/replaced
66 parks with concrete path repairs/replacements