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Eden Prairie accepts $24,000 Lions Club donation for pollinator gardens and park AEDs
Summary
The Eden Prairie City Council voted to accept a $24,000 donation from the Eden Prairie Lions Club to fund native pollinator plantings and two year‑round public AED stations; council also accepted several smaller Parks & Recreation donations in a separate resolution.
The Eden Prairie City Council on Oct. 7 accepted a $24,000 donation from the Eden Prairie Lions Club to support the city’s Sustainable Eden Prairie initiative and to install two public, year‑round AED stations in neighborhood parks.
Parks and recreation director Amy Marco told the council the Lions Club donated $10,000 toward converting turf to native pollinator gardens and $14,000 to purchase two “safe stations,” enclosed cabinets that provide 24/7 access to automated external defibrillators (AEDs). Marco said the two additional AED stations will be placed at Riley Lake Park and Staring Lake Park. She noted the city installed a first station at Miller Park about a month earlier and that “it was used within a few weeks of it being placed there.”
Marco also presented a slate of smaller…
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