The Lower Phalen Creek Project is a governed by a community-based steering committee, and has two-part time staff people. Our work is greatly enhanced by diverse partnering organizations that are involved in planning, executing, promoting and assisting the various aspects of our project. The East Side Neighborhood Development Company (ESNDC) acts as the sponsor for the project.

Lower Phalen Creek Project Steering Committee

Carol Carey, Chair

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

Kristin Murph Dawkins

East Side Neighborhood Development Company Board member, Friends of Swede Hollow Board Member, Payne Avenue Business Association member.

Weiming Lu

Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation, President.

Christine Baeumler

University of Minnesota, Assistant Art professor. Friends of Swede Hollow Board Vice President.

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.

Denny Thompson

Planner, Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, Saint Paul Bicycle Advisory Board member, Friends of Swede Hollow member.

Chip Lindeke

Partner, Raffery Rafferty Tollefson Lindeke Architects, Inc.

Dan McGuiness

Mississippi River Program Director, Audubon Society

Paul Mohrbacher

Community Relations Manager, Science Museum of Minnesota

Colleen Ashton

Friends of Swede Hollow Board member, Mounds Park Association member.

Lower Phalen Creek Project Staff

Sarah Clark - Project Manager

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

East Side Neighborhood Development Company

Friends of the Mississippi River

Friends of Swede Hollow

Great River Greening

Historic Saint Paul

Lowertown Redevelopment Corporation

Metropolitan State University

Minnesota Department of Natural Resources

Minnesota Department of Transportation

Minnesota Environmental Initiative

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

National Park Service's Mississippi National River and Recreation Area

Phalen Corridor Initiative

Railroad Island Implementation Task Force

Ramsey County Board of Commissioners

Saint Paul Garden Club

Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation

Trust for Public Land

Upper Swede Hollow Neighborhoods Association