State of Minnesota Launches New Minnesota Great Outdoors Online Tool
6/14/2018 9:13:52 AM
On Tuesday, June 12, Minnesota IT Services (MNIT), the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (MN DNR), the Metropolitan Council, and the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission (GMRPTC) came together at Fort Snelling State Park to announce the launch of the new MN Great Outdoors website.
Commissioner Clyborne kicked off the press event, sharing some examples of searches that the site can perform and explaining how hard the Minnesota Office of Geospatial Information worked to bring together disparate sets of data to complete the site.
Erika Rivers, MN DNR’s Director of Minnesota State Parks and Trails, spoke to the history and significance of the project, followed by Alicia Vin Zant – the owner of Seven Spokes Bike Shop and a mother of nine – who described how useful and time-saving this site will be her for family as they plan outings to spend time together.
John Edman from Explore Minnesota and Tom Ryan from GMRPTC each spoke about how this new site will help drive visitors to parts of Minnesota that they might not have known were there. Minnesota Information Technology Services developed the website over the past two years in collaboration with the MN DNR, Met Council, and GMRPTC.
Signage for the launch event: Your Gateway to Minnesota’s Great Outdoors.
Sign for the Fort Snelling State Park Visitor Center.
Minnesota IT Services’ Commissioner Johanna Clyborne speaking during the launch event.
Attendees of the launch event searching through the MN Great Outdoors website on their cell phones.
An attendee of the launch event viewing the homepage of the MN Great Outdoors website on their cell phone.
Erika Rivers, Director of the DNR Parks and Trails speaking during the launch event.
Alicia Vin Zant owner of Seven Spokes Bike Shop speaking during the launch event.
John Edman from Explore Minnesota speaking during the launch event.
Tom Ryan, chair of the Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission speaking during the launch event.
The speakers answering questions from the media during the launch event.
Alicia Vin Zant speaking with PBS.
An attendee of the launch event searching through the MN Great Outdoors website on a tablet.
Speakers left to right: Tom Ryan – Greater Minnesota Regional Parks and Trails Commission – Chair, Erika Rivers – DNR Parks & Trails – Director, Johanna Clyborne – MNIT Commissioner, Alicia Vin Zant – 7 Spokes Bike Shop – Owner
Signage for the launch event: mn.gov/greatourdoors.
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