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Kingfield Weekly E-News: 6-24-09

Filed Under e-mail notice 

June 24, 2009     Click on ‘read more’ below for more on each headline

1)              KFNA Redevelopment Meets TONIGHT!  With new business proposals for 3600 Nicollet, 3700 Nicollet, and 3924 Nicollet, beginning at 7 PM, MLK Park

2)     Redevelopment Discussion regarding 3912 and 3916 Blaisdell, 7:30 PM, MLK Park

3)     Lyndale Avenue Repaving Project Update

4)      Welcome HOURCAR! $0 Application Fee through July 31!

5)      Got a Great Garden to Nominate?

6)      National Night Out Registrations Accepted Now

7)      Minneapolis Park Board hosts July 1 meeting at Powderhorn Park-asks for citizen input on park priorities

8)      Give your Input on the City’s Pedestrian Plan

 

 

1)      KFNA Redevelopment Committee Meeting

Wednesday, June 24, 7 PM MLK (and the 4th Wednesday of each month)

Separate proposals for new businesses have come forward this month for three different Kingfield properties.  Come learn more aobut the organizations and proposed businesses.

7:00 PM                  3700 Nicollet, Cookie Cart, a youth-run bakery

7:30 PM                  3924 Nicollet, Mis Ninos, a bi-lingual childcare center

8:00 PM                  3600 Nicollet, a high-end wine shop

8:30 PM                  Regular Committee business and discussion

Everyone is welcome to attend.  If you have questions please contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director at sarah@kingfield.org .

2)  You are invited to a discussion regarding 3912/3916 Blaisdell Avenue South, hosted by the Kingfield Neighborhood Association

We have scheduled a meeting room at MLK Park 4055 Nicollet Ave. South, for Thursday June 25, 7:30-9 PM for a discussion of the properties at 3912 and 3916 Blaisdell Ave S.  Everyone with an interest in either of these properties (including owners, renters, potential buyers, sellers, and neighbors) is invited to come share what you know, and bring forward any questions or visions regarding these properties.

Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director  sarah@kingfield.org 

3)      Lyndale Avenue Project Update: Visit the Lyndale Project Page  at www.eastharriet.org/lyndale-project.html  

Here is a list of the postings/updates made:

  • Boulevard Sod and Tree Plantings (Updated 6/22)
  • Signal Lights to Be Activated (Updated 6/22)
  • Project Activities At A Glance Schedule

Here are a couple of highlights and important notes:

The sod beginning to be placed in boulevards from Minnehaha Parkway to 38th Street will be watered by the contractor for thirty (30) days after placement. After thirty days has passed, watering and all other upkeep of the sod is the responsibility of the property owner.

The new traffic signals at 50th, 46th, 48th and 43rd will be turned on by this Friday, June 26. Street lights in these intersections (the new 30′ shoe box lights) will be turned on at the same time. Street lights not in these intersections will be turned on in September. More detailed information on the timing of the placement of the pedestrian level lights and activation of the remaining new signal lights will provided as I get it. As those in the Lyndale and CARAG neighborhoods know, there will not be a signal light at 32nd and Lyndale when the project is completed.

Matt Perry, East Harriet Farmstead Neighborhood mattp@pobox.com

4)  Kingfield’s HOURCAR will be moving into 38th and Nicollet in the next week or two!  Through July 31 take the MN Energy Challenge and receive a promotion code from KFNA valued at $50 or more to waive the application fee to join!  Just send us an email showing your member number.  Already a member of the MN Energy Challenge? Not a problem, just log-in, update your account information and personal energy-saving commitments and email KFNA at info@kingfield.org !

Questions? Contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director, sarah@kingfield.org or 612.823.5980.

5)  Great Garden Nominations

Metro Blooms is accepting garden nominations for the 2009 Minneapolis Garden Awards Program.  Please nominate a garden that you enjoy seeing from the sidewalk or street in Minneapolis.  The garden can be a residential garden, container/window box garden, business garden, public garden, community garden, raingarden, boulevard garden, apt/condo garden, or a specialty garden.

You can complete the nomination form by either going online to www.metroblooms.org or picking up a nomination form at one of the libraries or park offices in Minneapolis.  Tangletown Gardens also has nomination forms.

The deadline to submit a garden nomination is July 1, 2009.  You can contact Julie Thelen at julie@metroblooms.org, should you have any questions.

…and thnak you Metro Blooms for providing a native plant grant for our most recent Kingfield raingarden at 4307 Wentworth!  Volunteers completed installing 3 raingardens at this home over the last three days; check out how they flow with the rains coming this weekend! Thnak you Solomon’s Porch, for organizing some extra muscle to help prep the soil, and the many neighbors that dug and hauled and planted!

6)  Registration for this year’s National Night Out is up and running on line. Just go here and you can register your event and apply to close your street.

For questions, contact:

Amy Lavender, Crime Prevention Specialist
Minneapolis Police Department, 5th Precinct
(612) 673-5407
amy.lavender@ci.minneapolis.mn.us

7)  The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is holding the first regular meeting of the month in the parks; July 1 meeting will be at the Powderhorn Park gym, 3400 15th Ave. S (612-370-4960).

The regular meeting begins at 5 p.m., followed by a listening session at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will resume after the listening session. The public is invited to share their priorities for park programs and services at the listening session. For more information visit this link.  An online survey is also available at www.minneapolisparks.org.

8)   City staff have taken public input and drafted a pedestrian master plan to improve the city’s pedestrian infrastructure and get people walking more. Now they are seeking public input on the draft plan. Attend an open house to learn about the draft plan and give your feedback. Come early for two walking workshops conducted by the Bike Walk Ambassadors: a neighborhood walkability audit and a workshop on staying safe as a pedestrian.

Pedestrian master plan walking workshops and public meeting

Thursday, July 16

Walking workshops at 5:30 p.m.

Public meeting 6 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

Master plan presentation at 6:30 p.m.

Minneapolis Central Library

300 Nicollet Mall

You can also learn about the plan and provide your comments online at www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/pedestrian .

 

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