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Jul
29
Important Lyndale Avenue Community Meeting to be Held Tonight!
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On July 29, Hennepin County Transportation will be holding its first Lyndale Reconstruction informational meeting. Kingfield residents and others affected by this road project are encouraged to attend. Hennepin County staff will be on hand to answer questions and hear concerns regarding the reconstruction project. Here are the details:
When: Tuesday, July 29th
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Where: Bethlehem Lutheran Church (4100 Lyndale Avenue S)
Please click here for Hennepin County’s website for the construction.
Jul
28
Thank you community artists, community volunteer support, and visiting Walldoggers! The murals are amazing works of art, memories of our neighborhood’s history, and symbols of how much can be accomplished when people work together. The powerful images that now line Nicollet Avenue are such a gift to both the Kingfield and Lyndale neighborhoods, that words cannot express how proud I am to be a part of this project and support this work of the community.
Sarah Linnes-Robinson, Executive Director
Kingfield Neighborhood Association
kfna@email.com
See the more of the murals at www.walldogs.lyndale.org
All you have to do is click on the map under photo galleries to see each individual site.
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Jul
25
Walldogs Murals Day 1: July 24, 2008
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Walldogs on Nicollet: Day 1–Let the painting begin! Visit www.walldogs.lyndale.org for more photos and also current event information. If you have questions about Walldogs on Nicollet contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director, kfna@email.com. 612.823.5980.
Jul
20
Walldogs On Nicollet Final Designs Released & Event Schedule Published
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It’s time! After 18 months of planning it’s finally time for the Walldogs on Nicollet to happen. We hope that you can join us this week, as both a spectator and a participant. We have an incredible week of events and activities planned. You can also always find more info at www.walldogs.lyndale.org.
Family Friendly Art Activities
MLK Park (4055 Nicollet Avenue)
1 to 5 pm
Join us for family friendly art activities from Leonardo’s Basement, the Minnesota Opera Company, and the Minneapolis Institute of Arts - Art in the Park. The event will also feature musical performances from Minneapolis City Council Members Elizabeth Glidden and Scott Benson and the Minnesota Opera Company as well as a performance by Franko Master Hypnotist.
Walldogs on Nicollet Block Party
Zion Lutheran Church (128 West 33rd Street)
5 to 11 pm
The Walldogs on Nicollet Block Party will celebrate all the work the artists and volunteers have done to complete this amazing project. The event will feature gyro dinners, a beer garden, and the drawing for the winners of the Walldogs raffle. The event itself is free with a $5 suggested donation. Food and beer are extra.
The entertainment lineup for the night is:
5:00 to 6:00 pm - Threshold
6:00 to 7:30 pm - Cornbread Harris
7:30 to 8:30 pm - Artist Celebration, during the artist celebration we will recognize the lead artists for the project and auction off the mock-ups of their mural designs.
8:30 to 10:30 pm - Curtiss A and the Jack’s of Fate
Volunteer Opportunities
We need your help to make this project a success! Below is a list of volunteer opportunities, let us know how you would like to help!
Volunteer Orientation
Monday, July 21st
LNA offices 3537 Nicollet Avenue
7:00 to 8:00 pm
Join us for a short orientation on everything that is happening for Walldog volunteers. We’re encouraging everyone who is volunteering to come to this session. If you haven’t signed up for a specific shift, just show up, and we’ll get you signed up.
Volunteer Shifts Still Available July 24-27.
Having great volunteers to help with support, set-up, and clean-up are integral to the success of this project. If you haven’t yet signed up, don’t worry, we’ve got a job for you. Some of the roles we need to fill include:
Runners to help bring materials to mural sites
Set up for the Saturday Family Friendly Arts Fest and Walldogs Block Party
Server and Food Prep volunteers on Saturday at Walldogs Block Party
Information/Registration Table volunteers
Volunteers to sell raffle tickets
Greeters
Clean-up on Sunday
For more information on volunteer opportunities click here.
To volunteer contact - Julia Modest at juliamodest@gmail.com
/ 612-750-6180
More Mural Designs
To help get everyone excited we wanted to send out a second batch of mural designs. One of the great things about this project is that all of these murals will be painted in 4 days.
You can see pictures of these and the other sites, find out more about the artists, and see what the themes for each mural will be by checking out our website.
Fun Ways to Help Out!– Here are a couple of simple ways to help the Walldogs out!
Walldogs Raffle
To help raise funds for the project and to show off some great stuff from our local business community, we’re holding a Walldogs Raffle. The grand prize will be a wine cellar worth at least $800 of wine and beer donated by community members.
So grab your favorite bottle of wine or that six pack of special micro-brew that you think everyone should try, sign it, and drop it off at the LNA Office (3537 Nicollet Avenue) - which also happens to be the same place you can buy your raffle tickets for $5 a piece.
Second prize will be $200 in cash. Check out the raffle page on the website to see more great raffle prizes.
Tell a Friend
As much fun as this project is going to be, wouldn’t it be more fun to help out with a friend. Help us out by inviting your friends and family to join you in taking part in this great community event.
The Walldogs on Nicollet is a joint project of the Lyndale and Kingfield Neighborhood Associations. We genuinely hope you will help make this project a success and our neighborhoods a better place to live.
Jul
19
On Saturday July 12, at about 1:15 pm, a 19 year old male was shot in the legs near the intersection of 35th St W and Grand Av S. The injuries appeared to be non life threatening. The victim says he did not see who shot him and it appears that the victim was targeted.
This case is under investigation so I am not able to release further information.
Jul
17
Thanks for everything, Joanna!
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Today is KFNA Project Organizer Joanna Hallstrom’s last day, so if you see her around the neighborhood please thank her for four years of wonderful work in making our community better.
Thanks, Joanna, and everyone at KFNA wishes you the best!
Jul
16
National Night Out deadline looming
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August 5 is National Night Out and the deadline for free street closure for block parties is July 22nd, so make sure you don’t miss it! If you forget to register your party by then, you’ll have to pay $100 for the street to close. Follow this link for details on NNO.
Jul
16
Great review of Kingfield restaurant Grande Cafe in CityPages!
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Congratulations to Kingfield residents and business owners Dan & Mary Hunter for a great review in the CityPages for Grand Cafe! You can find the link here and also see the accompanying piece on what to do with your date after a wonderful meal at Grand Cafe.
Want to check out the menu for Grand Cafe? You can find location, hours and menu at their website .
Jul
10
Board Meeting Minutes 6/08
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KFNA Board Meeting Minutes 6/11/08
Board members attending: Jobylynn Sassily,Tom Parrent,Jeff Shaw,Chris Sur,Chris DeParde,Karen Pieper,David Buchanan, David Saddoris, Marie Wolf
Elizabeth Glidden
Discuss urban partnership:
- Topic was congestion relief for 35W
- MNDOT will be beefing up shoulders, installing HOV lanes, bus lanes, re-striping from 42nd St to Lake St.
- New info: Sound walls will be installed from 32nd St to 42nd St. This is a major issue for residences close to the project and noise complaints may be received.
- The time frame for these projects has been compressed and they are projected to be complete by 9/09. This has become a fast moving project.
- Neighbors may be given opportunity in choosing type of sound walls installed
- Does the KFNA board have any thoughts on these projects?
- The door is open to hear KFNA concerns.
NRP Update:
- Elizabeth has a lot of questions
- TIF districts may be re-starting going forward for 10 years.
- City of Minneapolis is only participant. School districts, Parks, and Hennepin Co. will not participate.
- Elizabeth’s question is the amount of money that will be generated by the city portion. This amount will be known by June or July this year. The City of Minneapolis has to O.K. spending and has to be given local consent.
- Frame Work for the Future-Life After NRP – Present plan is for more comment and purpose definition. Citizens need to vote on different components. Chris Sur commented that we need to re-craft frame work. Tom Parrent will look for updates.
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Jul
10
On Thursday, July 10th, at 6:30 pm, MLK Park, MnDOT along with Minneapolis
public works staff will host a meeting for residents about proposed sound
walls from 42nd Street to 35th Street. Individual notices have been mailed
to residents in those blocks on Stevens, 2nd Avenue, as well as 1st Ave and
3rd Ave.
The sound walls are proposed as part of a project called the Urban
Partnership Agreement, which will provide a dedicated bus lane/HOV lane on
35W going north of the Crosstown Commons to downtown. You can read more
about this project at http://www.dot.state.mn.us/funding/upa/. Design would
be finalized in late August with the project put out to bid sometime after
that. Construction would begin at the earliest in Spring 2009.
As part of the Crosstown Commons projects, neighbors along the frontage
roads were engaged in a process to determine 1) if they desired sound walls;
2) their input on some available design elements for sound walls. These
same choices will be available to residents from 42nd Street to 35th Street.
I’ve asked our staff to review the process used to determine resident wishes
for the Crosstown Commons so that we could use a similar process — we will
share that with you prior to July 10th. The process will involve some
individualized contact with residents by either our staff or MnDOT staff.
Residents will not get to have choice on whether to have or not have a sound
wall on a block-by-block basis. Rather, MnDOT has a process to determine
cost effectiveness/sound effectiveness of sound walls that utilizes
multi-block segments. (i.e. in some sections between 35th and 42nd these
will be 2-block segments, in one instance there is a 4-block segment).
MnDOT will provide that map on July 10th and I have asked our staff to
ensure these and other relevant documents are available on-line.
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