Updated: Composition of Dog Park Citizen Advisory Committee

In case you missed it, Sheila Regan reported on the this week.

In addition to the members listed in this document, the committee decided at the meeting to add two members from Linden Hills, two members total from the Regina, Field, Bryant and Central Neighborhoods. The committee will also members from the Hmong, East African and African-American communities.

One reader asked how they were going to find representatives of these diverse communities.

Jennifer Ringold, Manager of Public Engagement and Citywide Planning for the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, told Southwest Minneapolis Patch the following:

"The CAC agreed that a reasonable approach was to contact local agencies or known groups for each of the communities to extend an invitation."

Update: Here are the groups the committee has reached out to for more members:

Urban League
Hmong American Mutual Assistance Association
Chinese American Association of Minnesota
Latino DFL Caucus
For the East African contact, contacted Mahamed Cali and he accepted.