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Kingfield Neighborhood Association Board Meeting, June 13, 7 PM, MLK Park
Dr. Martin Luther King Legacy Council, June 14, 6:30 PM, MLK Park
Crime Prevention and Safety Committee: May 15, 6:30 PM, Graffiti Clean-up Event! Meeting location 40th & 3w at the pedestrian bridge!
Youth & Schools Committee, TBD, MLK Park
Green Committee, no meeting scheduled.
Redevelopment Committee, May 23, 7 PM, MLK Park
Event Committee, TBD, MLK Park
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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
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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Jul
10
Kingfield E-Mail Notice 7/9/08
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Kingfield E-Mail Notice
July 9, 2008
Content:
1) Kingfield Second Sundae Sunday-Coffee-Honey ice cream at the Market, July 13, 9 AM-1:30 PM! AND Crosstown Reconstruction Staff too!
2) Take a Walk for the Farmers’ Market!
3) Walldogs Announce Mural Designs!
4) Check out the new Kingfield Web/Blog at www.kingfield.org for up-to-date information on neighborhood happenings in-between these weekly notices! Comments on stories can be left by neighbors
1) July=Hot / Ice cream=Not Hot
Celebrate Dairy Month at the Market Sunday July 13, 4310 Nicollet Avenue South, 9-1:30!
AND
Crosstown: I-35W/Hwy 62 Reconstruction Information
Crosstown staff will be available to answer questions about the project at the following location:
Kingfield Farmers Market, 4310 Nicollet Ave. S
Sunday July 13, 2008
Event Hours: 9:00 am to 1:30 pm
Crosstown staff available from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm
If your question or concern cannot wait until then-please contact:
Crosstown Project Hotline: 1.866.743.6590
Email: crosstown@rranow.com
Website: www.mndot.gov
Crosstown Project Office: 6242 Lyndale Ave S, Richfield*
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Jul
8
Recap: July 1st thru July 5th
The first week of the Fundamental Soccer Camp kicked off with 30+ participants. Registration opportunities are still available and can be done on Diamond #1 on either Tuesday evenings or Saturday Mornings. There is a $15 per participant fee.
The Urban Tennis Program continues to be a success at ML King Park as well.
Upcoming Activity Opportunities: July 14th – 19th
Free Children’s Lunch Program M – TH 12:15 – 1:15 pm. First come first serve. Pre-registration is not required.
July 18th Field Trip: Cosmic Bowling at Flaherty’s ($18.00). Fee includes 1.5 hours of bowling, shoes, pizza, pop and transportation. Registration deadline – Friday, July 11th.
Fall sports Registration as begun. Youth and Teen League sports include:
Football- Flag- 6 – 8 year olds and Tackle (9u, 11u & 13u)
Soccer- Open & Girls (11u, 13u, 15u & 18u)
Volleyball- Open (11u, 13u & 15u)
FEES RANGE BETWEEN $15 AND $30.00 depending division and sport.
First Tee Golf Lessons ($30) for youth. The lessons will be at Hiawatha
Golf Course 7/21 – 8/6 M-W-F from 1-215pm. Transportation included.
Children’s City Nutcracker dance lessons ($10) 7/28 – 8/1 Monday thru Friday 2:30 – 3:30pm.
For more information contact Brian Cornell at bcornell@minneapolisparks.org or 612-370-4908.
Jul
7
There’s still plenty of time to “Join the Celebration” and enjoy National Night Out on August 5th. July 22nd is the deadline for applying to close your street for free on NNO. And, if you register your NNO event by July 22, you’ll enter a drawing for door prizes donated by local businesses. It’s easy and free to register your block party and apply to close off your street – both can be done at the same time on one website: www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/nno or by calling 311 (612-673-3000).
The 25th Annual National Night Out will take place on Tuesday, August 5th in more than 140 communities in Minnesota and on more than 1100 blocks in Minneapolis alone. National Night Out brings neighbors together like nothing else does and simply sharing a potluck, some conversation and a few games builds community and safety, block by block.
Be Aware of July 22nd Deadlines for both Registration Prizes and Street Closure.
Use July to get everything ready for NNO August 5. Register your event to get Minnesota Twins tickets (vouchers for 20 tickets), Mystery Point Passes for Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America (maximum of 20 passes, first come, first served), child safety cards (maximum of 15 cards per event, first come, first served), free reminder door hangers, free name tags, and free coloring/word search sheets. All events registered by July 22 will be entered into a drawing for a wide array of door prizes donated by Minneapolis businesses.
When registering, you can also request that a police officer drops by your event. You can ask for a fire truck visit and the MPD Canine Unit by calling 311. There’s no guarantee that police or fire (or dogs) will make it to your event but it’s worth asking.
If you want to close your street, it’s free if you apply by July 22nd. From July 22nd to July 31st there is a $100 late fee. No street-closing applications will be accepted after July 31. It’s not necessary to close your street to celebrate NNO; many outstanding events are held in yards, parking lots, garages, parks, buildings, etc.
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Jul
7
Robbery of Person in King Park
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On 7-2-08 at about 1:30 am, there was a Robbery of Person, with a gun, in King Park. 2 Female victims were walking in King Park near 42nd and Nicollet when a Mixed Race male, 18 to 22 years old, about 5′ 8″ to 5′ 10″, light build, black hair, large Afro style, approached the victims with a gun demanding money. The victims complied with the demands, went home and called 911.
If you have any information about this incident or any other crime, please call the MPD Tip Line at 612-692-8477.
If you see any suspicious activity or suspicious vehicles, please call 911 immediately. Get as much information as you can to describe the suspicious behavior and describe the suspects/vehicles. License plate numbers are very important if you can get them.
Remember please;
Please alert your neighbors to this information if they do not receive these e-mails. Also let your neighbors know how to sign up for these alerts. Send a message to safe5.2-on@ccpsafe.org
Please let your block club members know about these events.
Be aware and call 911 with suspicious person calls, if you see suspicious activity/persons.
Keep an eye out for people on the street before exiting your home/vehicle.
When you get into your car, lock your doors and do not just sit in the vehicle parked.
Don’t carry excessive extra cash, credit cards or other items.
Write down the numbers and contact information of all your credit/debit cards so you can call and cancel them immediately should they be taken/lost. Keep this in a safe location.
Get involved with (or start) your neighborhoods Crime & Safety committee
CARAG meets the 2nd Monday of each month, Call Scott Engle 823-2520 for more information
East Harriet meets the 3rd Monday of each month at Java Jacks, contact Matt Perry at 839-3320 for more information.
Kingfield meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at MLK Park, contact Joanna at 823-5980 for more information.
Lyndale meets the second Tuesday of each month at the 5th Pct, contact Mark at 824-9402 for more information.
Get involved with the Stroll Patrols for your neighborhood, contact the above people for more information on when/where these groups meet.
If confronted by someone, comply with what they demand.
If you have any information on this or any other crime please call the MPD Tips line at 612-692-8477
Again, please call 911 with suspicious person/activity complaints if you see something out of the ordinary.