Newspaper Clipping - Newspaper Clipping Scan - Panel chooses finalists for name of new park - 3/23/2014STAR TRIBUNE
SUNDAY, MARCH 23, 2014
EAGAN
Panel chooses finalists
for name of new park
Eagan's Advisory Parks Com-
mission has recommended the City
Council consider one of three names
for a new park to be developed in the
Cedar Grove redevelopment area
near Hwy. 13 and Hwy. 77. The coun-
cil will have the final say over the
name of the park, which will be south
of the new outlet mall being built by
Paragon Outlet Partners.
The three possible names are:
• Onion Patch Park, chosen
because of Eagan's history as a major
onion producer, leading to its one-
time nickname as the Onion Capital
of the United States.
• Nicols Station Park, a historical
reference to a flag station that opened
in the 1860s on the Chicago, St. Paul,
Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad, one
of the first in Minnesota.
• Bridgeview Park, a reference
to the old and new Cedar Avenue
bridges, both of which have been
important transportation links con-
necting the south and north metro
areas.
The city's process of naming a
park includes input from the com-
mission and Historical Committee.
Park names generally are tied to a
location, unique natural feature or
reference to historic significance.
