Teen Teamworks

Teen Teamworks is a youth work program of the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Teen Teamworks
Agency overview
Formed1986 (1986)
JurisdictionCity of Minneapolis
Agency executive
  • MaryLynn Pulscher, Environmental Education Manager[1]
Websitewww.minneapolisparks.org/activities-events/youth-programs/teen_programs/teen_teamworks/

Youth ages 14 to 24 serve as Teen Teamworks recruits for on-the-job training in green careers.[2] Prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, the park system's youth employment was 917 employees, an all-time high. After a pandemic dip, employment was up to 891 in 2022.[1]

Begun in 1986, a crew from Teen Teamworks helped to replace the palm trees in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden conservatory, after they had grown through the roof.[3] More recently, in 2022, a Teen Teamworks crew cleaned up exploded fireworks at Boom Island Park.[4] The Mississippi River Green Team, a Teen Teamworks unit, worked in 2021 to remove buckthorn from the riverbank.[5]

Bibliography
  • Smith, David C. (2008). City of Parks: The Story of Minneapolis Parks. Minneapolis: The Foundation for Minneapolis Parks. ISBN 978-0-615-19535-3.

References
  1. Berg, Madison (March 24, 2023). "How Minneapolis Parks Hire Hundreds of Youth Workers Every Summer". Twin Cities Business. MSP Communications. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  2. "Teen Teamworks". Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Retrieved July 31, 2023.
  3. Smith 2008, p. 213.
  4. Van Berkel, Jesse (July 8, 2022). "Gov. Tim Walz, Rep. Angie Craig highlight public safety efforts as GOP leaders condemn rising crime". Star Tribune. Retrieved August 1, 2023.
  5. "Minneapolis Parks". Instagram. August 4, 2021. Retrieved August 1, 2023.


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