The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board announced this week it will reduce the size of a historic south Minneapolis golf course to cope with flooding and groundwater issues.

Board superintendent Al Bangoura said the park board will reduce the historic Hiawatha Golf Course from 18 to nine holes. Bangoura introduced a series of three new design concepts intended to mitigate flooding at the golf course at a news conference on Thursday.

“We’re going to try to work with Mother Nature and work together to really improve this course. The course will be more resilient to floods, the park will be more welcoming to more people and the area’s ecology will drastically improve,” said Bangoura.

The course, which has ties to the Twin Cities Black community, was built out of a marsh more than a centu

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