LANESBORO, Minn. – A fund drive by townspeople organizing a new holiday lights display at the showcase Sylvan Park has passed its $10,000 goal with $1,800 from the Drake Memorial Foundation. A lighting ceremony will be Saturday. Anne Happle, an orgnizer, said different groups have taken a different picnic shelter as its special project. The display committee spent the past year traveling to nearby cities to learn possibilities for the Lanesboro project. The display will be up into the new year, Happle said.
Sylvan Park profile
Sylvan Park was established uptown in 1881 and has become home to signature Lanesboro events — Buffalo Bill Days, Art in the Park, and the Rhubarb Festival. This is not to mention concerts, weddings, birthdays and graduations. The Lanesboro farmers market is there in season. The 11 acres has two trout stocked ponds, playground equipment, shelters, and a campground. There are tennis, basketball and sand volleyball courts.
Ahead of first snowfall. Putting together the pieces for Lanesboro’s first holiday lights display.