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Grand Forks, North Dakota and East Grand Forks, Minnesota In East Grand Forks, more than 12-hundred acres of land bordering the Red River and the Red Lake River are being redeveloped into a state recreation area with an interpretive/visitors center, a campground with trails and fishing access. To learn more, visit the Greater Grand Forks Greenway web site. As components of the state recreation area, a Full Service Campground and Regional Visitor and Interpretive Center will be constructed right next to downtown East Grand Forks. In addition, there will be group/family camping areas, a picnic shelter, an outdoor amphitheater, fish habitat improvement projects along the rivers, a new boat launching area, parking areas and restrooms, and lots of open space for community events. There will also be an extensive trail system, including walking trails within the greenway and about 20 miles of bicycle trails along the new and improved levees designed to protect the community from 200-year flood events. Pedestrian bridges will connect to other trails and park areas in Grand Forks, ND and south of the Red Lake River. Recent
developments on the Greater Grand Forks Greenway If 2001 was the Year of New Facilities in Grand Forks/East Grand Forks, then 2002 will be the Year of New Recreation Options. In 2002, the entertainment options will move outdoors. Headed by the scheduled openings of King's Walk Golf Course in Grand Forks and Greenway development in East Grand Forks, recreation choices will be enhanced in the new year. (More from The Grand Forks Herald) The city of Grand Forks is looking at a series of belt-tightening measures that could keep the cost of the Greenway down by hundreds of thousands of dollars. (More from The Grand Forks Herald) More
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