The Saint Paul Riverfront Corporation is a private, non-profit corporation that works to connect Saint Paul’s people, places and neighborhoods to the Mississippi River. Active in the city’s renaissance since 1994, we’ve been a catalyst for riverfront revitalization projects like the Wabasha Street Bridge, Harriet Island, Raspberry Island and the Upper Landing. We also work on projects like Landmark Plaza that improve downtown Saint Paul and its connections to the Mississippi River. We support broader community development efforts, including the Central Corridor Light Rail Line, by serving as an urban design resource.

Since 1997, the Riverfront Corporation has championed a set of urban design principles outlined in the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework, a community-driven vision that has guided more than a decade of unprecedented investment in the downtown riverfront. Thousands of citizens volunteered their time over a three-year period to help us create the Framework, which continues to inform and guide the work of developers, urban planners, community leaders and elected officials.

In 2007, with the help of many partners, we published a new National Great River Park chapter of the Saint Paul on the Mississippi Development Framework, representing the next phase of riverfront rebirth. Based on three core principles – to be more natural, more urban and more connected – the National Great River Park concept celebrates the Mississippi River as our chief environmental and economic asset, and strives to make Saint Paul a leader in high-quality sustainable urban development. The National Great River Park expands our work beyond the downtown riverfront to include Saint Paul’s 17-mile river valley.