The Lower Phalen Creek Project is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization governed by a community-based Board of Directors and larger steering committee. Our work is greatly enhanced by diverse partnering organizations that are involved in planning, executing, promoting and assisting the various aspects of our project.

Lower Phalen Creek Project Steering Committee

Carol Carey, Chair*

Historic St. Paul, Executive Director. Former Executive Director, Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhood Association.

Christine Baeumler

University of Minnesota, Art professor, Artist in Residence, Capitol Region Watershed District.

Karin DuPaul

Community Organizer, Daytons Bluff Community Council. Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhood Association Board member, Friends of Swede Hollow Board President, Daytons Bluff District Four Board member.

Chip Lindeke*

Partner, Raffery Rafferty Tollefson Lindeke Architects, Inc.

Dan McGuiness*

Natural Resource and Education Consultant, Dan McGuiness and Associates, Board member, Riverfront Corp., former Mississippi River Program Director, Audubon.

Weiming Lu

Past President, Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation, Minneapolis Foundation Trustee

Paul Mohrbacher*

Community Relations Manager, Science Museum of Minnesota

Denny Thompson

Retired Planner, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Leonard Wabasha

Director of Cultural Resources, Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux (Dakota) Community

*Board Members

Lower Phalen Creek Project Staff

Sarah Clark - Director

Amy Middleton - Project Manager

Lower Phalen Creek Project Partners

Audubon Society

Capitol Region Watershed District

CapitolRiver Council

City of Saint Paul City Council

City of Saint Paul Division of Parks and Recreation

City of Saint Paul Office of the Mayor

City of Saint Paul Department of Public Works

City of Saint Paul Department of Planning and Economic Development

Community Design Center of Minnesota

District 4 Dayton's Bluff Community Council

District 5 Payne Phalen Planning Council

District 19 CapitolRiver Council

East Side Neighborhood Development Company

Friends of the Mississippi River

Friends of Swede Hollow

Historic Saint Paul

Metropolitan State University

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Minnesota Department of Transportation

National Park Service's Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

Railroad Island Implementation Task Force

Ramsey County Board of Commissioners

Ramsey-Washington Metro Watershed District

Saint Paul Garden Club

Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation

Trust for Public Land

Key funders include: The McKnight Foundation, McNeely Foundation, Lowertown Future Fund, St. Paul Garden Club, Vinaya Foundation, Toro Giving Program, Xcel Foundation and DNR Metro Greenways Program.