Kingfield Neighborhood Association Board Meeting, February 8, 7 PM, MLK Park
Dr. Martin Luther King Legacy Council, Feb 9, 6:30 PM, MLK Park
Crime Prevention and Safety Committee: February 21, 7 PM, MLK Park
Youth & Schools Committee, February 27, 6:30 PM, MLK Park
Green Committee, no meeting scheduled.
Redevelopment Committee, February 22, 7 PM, MLK Park
Event Committee, February 1, 6:30-7:30 PM, MLK Park
Empty Bowls Event at Nicollet Square, February 9, 4-8 PM, 3710 Nicollet Ave. S.
Please consider donating to support your totally local non-profit and to end hunger and homelessness in our neighborhood! 75% of donations made on-line, here, between 1/17/12 and 2/9/12 will be donated to Nicollet Square, which provides affordable housing and a supportive environment for young adults (ages 16 – 21) who have experienced homelessness or been in the foster care system.
Jan
8
DRAFT AGENDA
Kingfield Neighborhood Association
Board Meeting
January 11, 2012 7 PM– MLK Park
7:00 Call to Order
7:05 Welcome & Community Forum
7:15 Board Business
• Executive Committee Placement: Vice President
• Secretary Need for Next 4 months
7:20 Reports
• Secretary
• Treasurer
7:30 New Business
• Request from MLK Legacy Council
8:00 Old Business
• Mulroy’s Zoning Discussion: Redevelopment, Arthur
• Blaisdell Community Garden Land Bank—Chris
8:30 Committees, Task Force and Project Reports, as needed:
• Redevelopment Committee
• Dog Park Task Force—dissolution of TF?
• Green Committee
o Community Gardens
o Graffiti Grant for Soundwall Gateway
• Newsletter Committee
• Youth and Schools Committee
• Crime Prevention and Safety (CPaS) Committee
• Event Committee
• 40th & Lyndale TF
• Transportation Projects
o BRT /46th Street
Adjourn
Dec
20
Consider a Year-End Gift to KFNA, Your Neighborhood Association
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Dear Kingfield Neighbor—
Please consider a year-end gift to your local nonprofit, the Kingfield Neighborhood Association! KFNA works throughout the year to build connections between all our neighborhood stakeholders (homeowners, renters, property owners, businesses, and nonprofits) with the goal of strengthening a connected and vibrant community that is poised to both tackle neighborhood issues and implement community solutions. We hope you feel our work in the Kingfield neighborhood and advocating for our neighborhood in the larger City is a benefit to your life as a resident of Minneapolis. You can read more about KFNA at our website at www.kingfield.org, and stay up to date on Kingfield happenings by signing up at the site for the weekly e-mail list.
Despite the “sunset” of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) occurring at the end of 2011, KFNA is determined to keep actively working in our community. For over 15 years, Kingfield has benefited from a hardworking, accountable nonprofit organization called the Kingfield Neighborhood Association which has helped neighbors identify issues and develop solutions to our specific and unique community’s problems. Read more
Apr
6
Creating Art in Your Community: A Minneapolis Neighborhood Workshop
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Saturday, April 9 · 10:00am – 12:00pm
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Grain Belt Complex
1220 Marshall Ave NE (RSP Architects)
Minneapolis, MN
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Program starts at 10:15
Mingling and refreshments before and after the program
…Hear about art crawls and murals, performances and pop-up galleries. Share ideas, successes, and challenges. Meet City and nonprofit pros who can assist you in creating art in your community, and hear from neighborhood groups that have been there. Learn from one another and come away with ideas for the upcoming year!
WHO IS INVITED
Community members, artists, neighborhood association leaders, and others interested in creating art in the community
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Mary Altman, public arts administrator, City of Minneapolis
Melinda Childs, artist services manager, Forecast Public Art
Sarah Linnes-Robinson, executive director, Kingfield Neighborhood Association
Julian McFaul, designer, performer, and co-founder, Powderhorn Park Art Sled Rally
Nick Legeros, board member of NEMAA (Northeast Minneapolis Arts Association, presenters of Art-A-Whirl and other events)
QUESTIONS
Jill Boldenow, bolde001@umn.edu, 651-757-1862
Apr
5
KFNA Membership Meeting & Board Election
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Monday April 18, MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet
6:30 One-Pot Cook-Off / 7 PM Kingfield Neighborhood Association Annual Meeting & Election
Stroll on down to MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet, one-pot in hand if you care to share and test your dish against KFNA Board members, and enjoy a sampling of tidbits and tasty treats made with care by your neighbors!
NRP Plan modifications WILL be made at this meeting. See details at www.kingfield.org, as well as outside the KFNA Office, Room #101, 3754 Pleasant Ave. S.
Six officers (residents & business owners eligible) will be elected to the board for two-year terms. Questions regarding KFNA, its operating procedures, responsibilities, and mission can be directed to the KFNA Office, 612.823.5980 or info@kingfield.org.
NRP Plan Phase I Modification:
Move all Phase I dollars remaining (approximately $145,000) for “redevelopment projects” on Strategies 2.3.1.3 and 2.1.2.2 to Phase II Housing Staff Strategy 1.4.11. At this time it is deemed prudent to move all Phase I NRP dollars into active Phase II contracts. The intent of moving these dollars to this strategy is to contract them on the Non-personnel line so they can be accessed easily for future, not-yet-identified, redevelopment projects.
Apr
4
An Invitation to Participate in 2 Trainings with the St. Paul Foundation
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Building Bridges: Reconnecting Communities Divided by Race, Time, and 35W
Background:Recent race-based dialogue about a dog park has highlighted our need to build stronger relationships and understandings between neighbors of diverse race, culture, and age.
The mission of Building Bridges is to understand how race and racism impact our communities and to build the future of our neighborhoods together. Our goal is to reconnect our communities divided by race, time, and 35W.
Building Bridges is a project led by neighbors from South Minneapolis neighborhoods East and West of I-35W, including Central, Bryant, Kingfield, Regina and Northrop. Read more about the Building Bridges project here: Building Bridges Description Mission and Action Steps
Invitation to Participate in Free “Facing Race” Workshops
Conducted by the St Paul Foundation
www.facingrace.org
Tuesday, April 12: New Conversations about Race and Racism (participants watch scenarios and complete activities designed to help them explore and understand their perspectives and behaviors on the issue of race and racism.)
Sabathani Community Center, 310 E 38th Street, 3rd Floor (Conference Room J)
6-6:30 pm – Light dinner and social time
6:30 pm – Workshop begins
Saturday, April 30: New Conversations about White Privilege (designed for individuals and groups who have begun to explore racism and want to learn more about the various facets of the issue. The white privilege tool draws on the work of author Dr. Peggy McIntosh, who defines privilege as unearned advantage)
Park Ave Methodist Church, 3400 Park Avenue
(attendance at the Race & Racism workshop is a prerequisite to attend the White Privilege workshop)
9-9:30 am – Breakfast and social time
9:30 am – Workshop begins
RSVP Your Attendance: elizabeth.glidden@ci.minneapolis.mn.us
Mar
26
Chicago Avenue Fire Arts Center Spring Classes
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Hello Friends of the Fire Arts Center!
With spring around the corner (really, it is, really), now is the time to shake yourself out of hibernation mode and head on down to CAFAC to learn how to use heat, spark, or flame to create those projects you’ve been thinking about all winter. Garden art season is right around the corner! Our spring offerings include: Read more
Feb
8
Neighborhoods Skeptical of City Council Working Group on Neighborhood Funding
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The working group, which met in private Friday, is developing a framework for how the city will make decisions about the uncertain future of neighborhood organizations.
Ward 6 councilman Robert Lilligren said his resolution to create a working group on neighborhood funding adds transparency to City Council decision-making. But neighborhood advocates, unable to attend the group’s non-public meetings, said they’re apprehensive about the working group following the council’s December decision to cut neighborhood funds without much neighborhood input.
“I’m not sure whether this working group will see itself as an advocate for neighborhoods or not,” said Chris Sur, president of the Kingfield Neighborhood Association.
Neighborhoods said they weren’t consulted when the City Council voted in December to cut neighborhood funding to pay down property taxes. For two decades, the program, which is closing at the end of the year, has approved and funded projects such as playgrounds, street renovations or home-improvements. Because of that decision, Kingfield stands to lose $185,100 in Phase II Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) money this year. Read the rest.