Remember the days of Nicollet Pothole? Dark chocolate ice cream and dark fudge, with a sea salt edge and a smattering of toffee gravel? The first ever ice cream, as far as we know, to effectively be used as a lobbying tool to hustle up a street repaving project! Sebastian Joe’s mixed up that wonderful concoction in honor of Kingfield and donated it to us for National Night Out last year…who could ask for better neighbors than this amazing locally-owned ice cream company?
BUT…it is now 2010, and with Nicollet Avenue improvements in the planning process, we need a new flavor for a whole new decade. What flavor and name will indentify and unite us this year? What tastes will remind us, long into the future, of the year 2010? Who gets to decide? Well, for the first time, YOU get to decide…you and your neighbors, that is!
Here’s how it works: The block that has the most cumulative households participating in the 2009-2010 Energy Efficiency Workshops (both the fall ’09 and spring ’10 sessions) will be invited to visit the Sebastian Joe’s Ice Cream Commissary. Your block will get to tour the facility, meet the owner, and sample whatever goodies are being made that day! Additionally, you will brainstorm the ingredients and a name for the 2010 Kingfield flavor and cast votes for the winner. Sebastian Joe’s will donate a batch of your own flavor to be scooped at National Night Out across the neighborhood!
Pretty cool, huh?!
So what do you do? Even if you’ve already participated in a workshop, there’s still time to get more of your neighbors involved. Contact KFNA at to get materials to hand-out to your neighbors. We need your help to get your entire block to the workshops, which will occur on March 18th and 20th. It has been proven that your neighbors will be more likely to attend if YOU ask them, rather than me!
If you have not attended, register now for the Home Energy Assessment Workshop with Ashley at (612)335-5869 or . (And you still cna get materials from and invite your neighbors to come with you!)
We need your help to grow the green environment in Kingfield…and you can make your mark in Kingfield with a signature 2010 flavor, as well!
Note: The winning block will be announced at the KFNA Annual Meeting on April 19. In case of a tie in the number of households participating per block, a coin toss will determine the winners!