Facilities

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Amenities:

• Playgrounds (2)
• Picnic shelters (2)
• Concessions (2)
• Babe Ruth field
• Little League field (2)
• Softball field (3)
• Soccer field (6+)wooded trails
• Grills
• Sand volleyball court

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Freeman Park Trail Improvements

On August 8, 2022, the Shorewood City Council authorized the preparation of the Final Plans and Specifications (PDF) for the Freeman Park Trail Improvements project, which included rehabilitation of existing city trails and the construction of a new trail head connection to the Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail through Freeman Park.

The final plans and specifications were developed to be consistent with council direction that included Parks Commission and staff input throughout 2022 and 2023. The trail rehabilitation projects consist of reconstructing the existing asphalt trails within Freeman Park and the adjacent connections. Construction of new, ADA-compliant sidewalks adjacent to park shelters will connect to the existing trails. The new trail head connection will be an 8-foot-wide trail from the existing Lake Minnetonka Regional Trail connection to the southeastern parking lot near Eureka Road. The City of Shorewood and the Three Rivers Park District will enter into a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) in the future that will better define project costs and maintenance responsibilities. The general understanding is that the city is to lead the design and construction administration of the entire project and will be reimbursed by the Three Rivers Park District for their share of the construction and engineering costs. The trail will be the city's to maintain after it is constructed. The Three Rivers Park District will include some of their wayfinding signage that they will maintain. They ask for signs on a few parking spaces in the unpaved lot near the entrance to Freeman Park that indicate the spaces are reserved for trail users.

In addition to the trail construction, an outlet control structure will be constructed on the edge on the wetland, north of Freeman Park, to help control flooding in adjacent properties' yards. This is an efficient and opportune time to construct this structure with construction equipment already mobilized nearby for the trail work. If the plans are approved, the bids would be opened in late May/early June and an award could occur at the June 12 Council. The draft final plans (PDF) are available to view.