7.a) Proof of supportFriends of Scandia Parks and Trails 3/24/2015
Support for Butterfly Garden and Lilleskogen Park
CITIZENS
99: Number of volunteers willing to “do something” to help with the Butterfly Garden.
o From PR July 31 2014 publicity in St. Pal Pioneer Press and other local newspapers.
o Miracle of Monarch July 31, 2014
o Visitors to Farmers Market June – Aug 2014
o Taco Daze 2014
o Planting the garden in Oct 2014.
o Vinterfest Feb. 7, 2015
o Nature’s Notebook Feb. 19, 2015
$1,260.00: In- Kind Contributions
o Messenger and Forest Lake paper rolls
o Plants- PRI
o Site prep – PRI and Dan Lee
o Discount mulch - Abrahamson
o Value of volunteers in actual planting Oct 12, 2014
$3,387: Total Cash donations
o $1,000 from LIONS
o $1,000 FSPT
o $1,000 anonymous donor from Roseville
o $387 citizens
OTHER COMMUNITIES
o Stillwater – requested our assistance as their city implements its Pollinator Friendly
programs
o Bayport – requested our assistance & collaboration as they establish a
naturalist/conservation group, focus on monarch habitat.
SCANDIA CITY COMMISSIONS
o Planning commission voted to support funding to complete the Lilleskogen parking
lot.
o The Economic Development Commission voted to support the Lilleskogen park and
butterfly garden and to provide funds.
Lilleskogen is the gateway to Scandia, the entry. The appearance of the park
makes a strong statement of the type of community Scandia is and what it
values. This translates to the type of residents and businesses that are
attracted to the area – or not.