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Hiawatha Master Plan
Moves Forward
O
n Aug. 17th, the Minneapolis Parks
and Recreation Board Planning
Committee heard public comments on
the fate of Hiawatha Golf Course in South
Minneapolis. The committee (now wrestling
with the issue for more than eight
years) listened to numerous speakers on a
resolution pertaining to a master plan for
the area, and voted 3-1 (with one committee
member absent) to move it out of
committee.
The committee's vote (one of many over
the years) moves the master plan forward
to the full board for consideration and a
vote on either adopting or rejecting it. The
public comment period-which was emotional
and heated-featured commentary
from 48 people on hand and 50 more written
comments read into the record.
Hiawatha G.C., which flooded in 2014
and set the situation in motion, would
face massive changes under the plan, most
dramatically reducing its size from an 18to
a nine-hole course set on higher elevations
above the wetlands.
Members of the black golfing community
want to preserve the 18 holes and the
course's importance in their history as the
locale where African-American golfers
helped break the color barrier in the game
(see page 22, " The Quiet Pioneer " ). Indeed,
Hiawatha serves and supports a large community
of Black golfers in Minneapolis,
including the golf teams of several local
high schools.
The Native American community (the
largest urban population of indigenous
people in the U.S., according to many who
spoke) wish to reclaim some of the land
around Lake Hiawatha that they say was
stolen from their Dakotah ancestors and
restore it to its natural habitat as a thriving
ecosystem. They, too, want to preserve
their cultural heritage in the area.
The master plan includes provisions for
other recreational amenities (such as hiking,
biking and a dog patio) and has the support
of many in the Native American community,
calling it a compromise solution for all
stakeholders. The African-American golfers
see the plan as discriminatory towards
their community, as they believe Hiawatha
GC represents a hard-earned legacy in their
battle for racial equality.
Meanwhile,
a
group
representing
The Bronze Foundation has nominated
the course for listing in the National
Register of Historic Places to forestall
the plan-but time is running short. The
full Minneapolis Parks and Rec board is
scheduled to meet on September 7 and
could vote on the master plan resolution
at that time.
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