LAKES & PARKS ALLIANCE OF MINNEAPOLIS
EIN 47-1438451 · Natural Resources Conservation & Protection (C30)
What they do
LAKES & PARKS is GATHERING RESOURCES IN THE FIGHT IN FEDERAL COURT AGAINST CO-LOCATING FREIGHT and LIGHT RAIL IN THE KENILWORTH CORRIDOR. LAKES & PARKS DOES NOT QUESTION THE IMPORTANCE of LIGHT RAIL IN MEETING THE NEEDS of A GROWING METROPOLITAN AREA. LPA QUESTIONS CO-LOCATION of THE SWLRT ALONGSIDE THE EXISTING FREIGHT RAILROAD and BELIEVES THERE ARE VIABLE OPTIONS THAT HAVE BEEN OVERLOOKED for POLITICAL REASONS.
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Board and leadership roster (6)
COURTNEY KIERNATDIRECTOR
CURT GUNSBURYDIRECTOR
DAVID LILLY JRDIRECTOR
GEORGE PUZAKDIRECTOR
MARY PATTOCKDIRECTOR
STUART CHAZINDIRECTOR
About this charity
- Recognized since
- January 2017
- Location
- 2121 DREW AVE S, MINNEAPOLIS, MN 55416-3621
- County
- Hennepin
- In care of
- % STUART A CHAZIN
- Primary officer
- STUART CHAZIN, DIRECTOR
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Filing and classification
- Latest tax year
- 2022
- Tax period began
- January 1, 2022
- Return type
- 990EZ
- Tax preparer
- SDK CPA
- NTEE classification
- Natural Resources Conservation & Protection (C30)
- IRS tax category
- Natural Resources Conservation & Protection
- Revocation date
- May 15, 2026