MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Officials with the Minneapolis Parks and Recreation Board (MPRB) are offering details on the projected redesign of the historic Hiawatha Golf Course and surrounding parkland in south Minneapolis.

Hiawatha Golf Course redesign

What we know:

After years of indecision, MPRB approved a plan to cut down the historic Hiawatha Golf Course to nine holes in 2022.

Following flooding on the course in 2014, a plan was crafted to overhaul the course after millions of gallons of groundwater was pumped into nearby Hiawatha Lake, despite the protests of environmentalists.

One version of the plan would reduce the 18-hole course to nine holes, and include other amenities, like BMX trails and a dog patio, that would in turn also address flooding issues.

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