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The Minot Park District is the unit of the Minot, North Dakota municipal government responsible for maintaining city parks. The District is managed by a board of five directors elected by city voters to four year terms.
The district also serves as the local forestry service, trimming and planting trees across the city. Through its efforts, Minot became a Tree City USA in 1992.
Coordinates: 48°13′57″N101°17′45″W / 48.23250°N 101.29583°W
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The San Francisco Peninsula is a peninsula in the San Francisco Bay Area that separates San Francisco Bay from the Pacific Ocean. On its northern tip is the City and County of San Francisco. Its southern base is in northern Santa Clara County, including the cities of Sunnyvale, Palo Alto, Mountain View, and Los Altos. Most of the Peninsula is occupied by San Mateo County, between San Francisco and Santa Clara counties, and including the cities and towns of Atherton, Belmont, Brisbane, Burlingame, Colma, Daly City, East Palo Alto, El Granada, Foster City, Hillsborough, Half Moon Bay, La Honda, Loma Mar, Los Altos, Menlo Park, Millbrae, Mountain View, Pacifica, Palo Alto, Pescadero, Portola Valley, Redwood City, San Bruno, San Carlos, San Mateo, South San Francisco, Sunnyvale, and Woodside.
Thousand Oaks is the second-largest city in Ventura County, California, United States. It is in the northwestern part of Greater Los Angeles, approximately 40 miles (64 km) from Downtown Los Angeles, and is less than 15 miles (24 km) from the Los Angeles neighborhood of Woodland Hills. It is named after the many oak trees present in the area.
Burlington is a city in Ward County, North Dakota, United States. It was founded in 1883, the third in a series that included two earlier settlements. Despite this, Burlington is still the oldest city in Ward County, as well as north-western and north central North Dakota. In 1885, as it was the only city in the then-newly formed Imperial Ward County, it was made the county seat, a position it held until 1888. The population was 1,060 at the 2010 census. Burlington is part of the Minot Micropolitan Statistical Area.
Minot is a city in and the county seat of Ward County, North Dakota, United States, in the state's north-central region. It is most widely known for the Air Force base approximately 15 miles (24 km) north of the city. With a population of 40,888 at the 2010 census, Minot is the state's fourth-largest city and a trading center for a large part of northern North Dakota, southwestern Manitoba, and southeastern Saskatchewan. Founded in 1886 during the construction of James J. Hill's Great Northern Railway, Minot is also known as "Magic City", commemorating its remarkable growth in size over a short time.
Minot State University is a public university in Minot, North Dakota. Founded in 1913 as a normal school, Minot State University is the third-largest university in North Dakota, offering undergraduate and graduate degree programs.
The Minot Daily News is an American daily newspaper, printed in downtown Minot, North Dakota. It originated as the Burlington Reporter and was published out of Burlington, then the county seat, until the early 20th century. It is the primary daily paper for Ward County, as well as north central and northwest North Dakota, with an average daily circulation of 11,500 on weekdays.
The Conejo Valley is a region spanning both southeastern Ventura County and northwestern Los Angeles County in Southern California, United States. It is located in the northwestern part of the Greater Los Angeles Area.
Aviara is a resort neighborhood in the southern part of Carlsbad, located in San Diego County, California. The community is approximately 30 minutes from downtown San Diego. In 1989, the community was developed and later incorporated into the city of Carlsbad. As of 2005, it had a total population of 5,050.
MSU Dome is a 10,000-seat multi-purpose arena on 11th Ave NW in Minot, North Dakota. Built in the early 1980s, is home to the Minot State University Beavers basketball team. It is also regularly used for the Prairie Rose State Games, Regional Special Olympics, Math Track Meets, and Minot High School and MSU graduation ceremonies. The MSU Dome is also home to several North Dakota High School Championships each year, of these the North Dakota State Class B Basketball Championship is the biggest attraction to Minot and the Dome.
Dakota Square Mall is an enclosed shopping center in the city of Minot, North Dakota. The mall's anchor stores are JCPenney, Scheels All Sports, Target, Barnes & Noble, AMC Theatres, T-Mobile, Party City, Carter's, Old Navy, and Ulta Beauty. There is 1 vacant anchor store that was once Sears.
Park Hill is a neighborhood in Louisville, Kentucky, United States, located just west of Old Louisville. Its boundaries are the CSX railroad tracks to the east, Hill Street to the south, Twenty-sixth street to the west, and Virginia Avenue and Oak Street to the north. In the 19th century, the southwestern farmland portion of the neighborhood was known as the Cabbage Patch, the citizens of which inspired Alice Hegan Rice's 1901 children's novel Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch.
Roosevelt Park is a park in Minot, North Dakota operated by the Minot Park District. It is the largest park in the city of Minot. The park is named after Theodore Roosevelt, former president of the United States, who is honoured by a large statue in the middle of the park.
The Oaks is a two-level indoor/outdoor, regional shopping mall located in Thousand Oaks, California. It is owned and managed by Macerich. Accessible from US Highway 101 midway between downtown Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, it is the largest shopping center in Ventura County. Over five million visit the mall each year.
The geography of Minot, North Dakota is treated extensively in this article.
Panshanger was a large country house located between the outer edge of Hertford and Welwyn Garden City in Hertfordshire, England.
Oak Park is a park and surrounding neighborhood in the Souris Valley in Minot, North Dakota. The wooded park is over 50-acres in size. In addition to the namesake oak trees, ash and elm trees are also commonly found in the park. The Souris Valley Birding Club meets regularly at the park to watch hooded mergansers, wood ducks, Canada geese, kingfishers, Great blue herons, and other birds. The eastern edge of the park borders the Souris River, also called the Mouse River. A small oxbow lake is also located in the park. Oak Park has numerous walking/biking trails, both paved and unpaved; a splash pad; and volleyball court. The park is home to concerts in the park run by the Minot Area Council of Arts, through their Arts in the Park program. On Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Saturdays from July to October, a farmers market also operates out of Oak Park. In 2011, the farmers market at the park was temporarily moved to the North Hill Soccer Complex because of the 2011 Souris River flood. On August 4, 2010, a man was found dead in the park from an apparent suicide. Oak Park was the winner of the 2011 America's Favorite Park Contest sponsored by Coca-Cola and is set to receive a $100,000 grant.
Corbett Field, formerly known as the Minot Municipal Ballpark, is a baseball park located south of the Roosevelt Park Zoo in Minot, North Dakota. The park was built between 1935 and 1937 through the Federal Emergency Relief Administration. It was designed by Minot architect Ira Rush. In 1947, the Minot Park Board began improvements on the park, including a roof on the grandstand and field lights. The namesake of the park, Victor A. Corbett, was a local dentist, who served as the president of the Park Board during that time. The orange seats that were later added to the grandstands were purchased from the old Fulton County Stadium.
West Minot is a neighborhood in Minot, North Dakota, located in the Souris River Valley. It borders Oak Park to the South, North Hill to the North, Bel Air to the west and Nubbin Park to the east. The neighborhood is largely residential and there are no commercial thoroughfares, which run through the neighborhood. It received its name when at the time it was the westernmost neighborhood in Minot. Today, there are neighborhoods, such as Bel Air further west of here, but the area has retained the name West Minot. West Minot is home to the Quentin N. Burdick Jobs Center, Minot's Hebrew Cemetery and the West Minot Church of God.
West Oaks is a neighborhood in Minot, North Dakota. The neighborhood is bounded by Oak Park to the North, the Souris River to the east, the Soo Line Railroad tracks to the south and Sixteenth Street SW. The neighborhood is home to the West Oaks Animal Hospital, the West Oaks Apartments, Harleys Automotive Center and gas station, Eagles Wings Community Fellowship and a number of single family homes. Oak Park's south entrance is located in the neighborhood on Oak Drive SW. A thin strip of land between the Oak Park Oxbow and the Souris River connects the park with the neighborhood. The neighborhood was greatly impacted by the Souris River flood in 2011. In June 2011, the Washington Post printed a story about the Minot flood on the front page with an accompanying photograph of Harleys and the nearby Arrowhead Mall. Water inundated both structures, despite the large dikes constructed around both buildings. On June 26, 2011, the New York Times also printed an article with an aerial photograph of the flooded Harleys. Similar aerial photographs of the flood at that location are displayed at the Harleys gas station.
Polaris Park is a park and surrounding residential neighborhood on North Hill in Minot, North Dakota. The neighborhood is roughly bounded by 30th Ave NW, Frontage Road, 24th Ave NW and 8th St NW. The park, which is owned by the Minot Park District, is home to a 9-hole disc golf course, an outdoor ice rink, a skatepark, tennis courts, a picnic shelter and a baseball field. The Polaris Park neighborhood is home to a number of single family homes and apartment complexes north and east of the park. Adjacent to the park is the St. Alexius Clinic, which is affiliated with St. Alexius Medical Center in Bismarck. Frontage Road in Polaris Park is home to a few businesses, including MLT Vacations, North Hill's second largest employer.