 The state of Minnesota has set its site on Beltrami County in the Northland Regional Sports Park. And this week's Northwood's adventure, our Josh Peterson, shows us why this new park hits the bullseye. It was a day for celebration, and it all went off with a bang. Saturday marked the official opening of the Northland Regional Sports Park in Beltrami County. A special park dedication ceremony included a flag raising, and of course, a ceremonial ribbon cutting to celebrate a project that had been many years in the making. In the early 90s, we started out with a small group of folks, and we thought what was long range was about a 10-year project, and here we are 27 years later to this day. Starting with a blank slate, the 360-acre sports park is one of a kind facility. Similar venues don't provide the variety like this park, which now has other communities looking to this facility as an example. This scale is beyond anything that I've seen in my 20 years of working with shooting ranges around the state. But what makes this park stand out from the rest is the many partnerships that were formed and all the volunteers who worked the long hours to make this facility a reality. When we started looking and designing this, there were no other best practices models around the collaborations between the counties and nonprofits on doing something like this. With Trap and Skeet clubs growing at a rapid pace in area schools, this new facility hit the mark and will likely host many regional events. Talk to the Minnesota people that started the whole thing on a national level, and the numbers here are growing and increasing. This year it was 12,000, they anticipate up to 15,000. While the Bemidji Area Shooters Association and the Bemidji Trap and Skeet Club are based in the park, the venue remains open to the public. We will be having folks out here, we're going to have some open hours that will be publishing those and people just come out and meet folks here if they want, if they're close by and want to make the drive. With the park aimed to be a success, plans to continue growing the park are still right on target. With this week's Northwoods Adventure, in Bemidji, Josh Peterson, Lakeland News. If you enjoyed this segment of Lakeland News, please consider making a tax-deductible contribution to Lakeland PBS.