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West 46th Street Proposed Bike Lanes, Public Open House for Kingfield and Tangletown Neighbors
Wednesday, May 11th, 6:00 PM - 6:50 PM (immediately before KFNA Board Meeting)
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
The format of this informational meeting will be an “open house” style where folks can come and view the exhibits and the County / City staff will be available for individual questions and discussion.
Project Update as of 5/9/16: This fall, 46th Street (a street maintained by Hennepin County) between Cedar Avenue and Lyndale Avenue will receive a ‘mill and overlay’ resurfacing treatment. Unlike a full street construction (a la Nicollet Avenue in 2014), this project will be completed the length of the 2 mile corridor in a few short weeks and will allow traffic operations to continue throughout its duration. Upon completion, the fresh smooth surface allows for the opportunity to stripe the street in a new traffic pattern to resolve lingering safety concerns at high traffic volume intersections and general crossing points on foot along the entire corridor.
- From Nicollet Ave to Lyndale Ave, 46th Street will continue to have just 2 lanes of traffic, one going each direction.
- Bicycle lanes are being introduced on each side of the street in many places in the corridor.
- On the Kingfield side of corridor, all parking spaces will be maintained on the north side of 46th street. There will be some removal of parking on the south side of the street only and only on residential facing blocks where parking is little used to open up room for the bicycle lanes. There will be no change to the parking configuration at the Grand Avenue business node, from Harriet Avenue to Pleasant Avenue.
The entire 5/9/16 Project Update can be found here. Or attend the meeting on May 11 to learn more!
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KFNA Board Meeting: Meet Artist Seitu Jones - selected for 40th Street Pedestrian Bridge Railing Project
Wednesday, May 11th, 7:00 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Artist Seitu Jones has been selected to design the railing for the new 40th Street Pedestrian Bridge which will span I-35W at 40th Street. This bridge will serve pedestrians and bicyclists and link the east and west sections of the River Lake Greenway. The railing project was selected for Art in Public Places—the City’s percent for art program—by the Public Art Advisory Panel from the City’s Capital Improvement Program. The Minnesota Department of Transportation (MNDOT) is the lead agency on this project and the City is working in partnership with them on the bridge.
Jones’ application shared his interest in connecting public art design with neighborhood identity. As he stated in his application, “I aspire to create artwork that honors and inspires communities. Typically, my designs are informed by and recall elements of the social and natural context of a site and the surrounding neighborhoods. If selected to create art for the 40th Street Pedestrian Bridge, these principles will inspire my work.” For more information about this project, contact Mary Altman at mary.altman@minneapolismn.gov.
Alternative Community Meeting Times with Jones include:
- MLK Legacy Council: May 12, 6:45 p.m., MLK Rec Center
- Bryant Neighborhood invitational meeting: May 23, 6:00 p.m., St Peter’s AME Church, 401 E. 41st Street, Minneapolis
Also there will be a Community Meeting to comment on draft railing concepts:
- June 6, 6:30 p.m., St. Peter’s AME Church, 401 E. 41st Street, Minneapolis
Follow KFNA’s FB page and/or KFNA's web site to find out how the community can continue beyond this meeting to give Seitu feedback and direction on the artistic design and feel of this important bridge.
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5th Precinct Open House
Tuesday, May 17th, 5:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Fifth Precinct, 3101 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
This is an opportunity to learn about the Minneapolis Police Department. Fun, food, and entertainment – all free!
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Register now for the 18th Annual KFNA Rummage Sale
Saturday, May 21st, 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM
The Registration DEADLINE is Tuesday, May 17th - so register now!
The 18th Annual Kingfield Rummage Sale will be held on Saturday, May 21, 9 AM to 2 PM. The cost to participate is $10 per household or $25 for an entire block, which helps KFNA promote your sale. As always, KFNA will print and distribute rummage sale maps in the neighborhood and online, as well as market the sales with signage and social media.
If you’re shopping the sales, stop in at Butter Bakery Café, Curran’s Restaurant, ColorWheel Gallery, Nicollet Ace Hardware, or Royal Grounds the day of the sale to pick up a map, or check out kingfield.org the day before the sale to plan your route.
Registration forms are available online here. Completed forms are due by 9 PM on Tuesday, May 17th. If you have any questions regarding the event or registration please email KFNARummageSale@gmail.com.
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Kingfield Homebased Professionals Happy Hour
Wednesday, May 18th, 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Harriet's Inn, 4000 Lyndale Avenue South, Minneapolis
The Kingfield Home-Based Professionals will be gathering for happy hour on Wednesday 18 May at Harriet's Inn (40th & Lyndale) from 4:00 - 6:00.
Dress for outdoor seating. If you can join us, please RSVP by commenting on their LinkedIn thread here
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Nicollet Avenue Public Art Community Mosaic Workshop #3
Thursday, May 19th, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
Register by emailing sarah@kingfield.org! More info and images here and here!
- Workshops will be limited to 32 participants each; call or email KFNA at 612.823.5980 or info@kingfield.org to reserve your place at the table!
- Children as young as 6 are welcome, but each youth 12 or younger must be accompanied by an adult who also participates in the workshop.
As part of the City of Minneapolis’ Art in Public Places program, Twin Cities artists Ben Janssens and Marjorie Pitz, with input from a neighborhood public art committee, designed art for the 10-block stretch of reconstructed Nicollet from Lake Street to 40th Street. Gateway sculptures with an aviary theme can be seen at 40th and 36th streets, and sculptural bird stools and benches are being installed at six locations this spring.
These benches and stools on Nicollet are not yet complete, however; as part of the design the birds’ wings have been left blank, for community members to fill in. Mosaic artist Lori Greene has been working with students at Ramsey Middle School to create designs for the wings, and she will be running two community workshops where participants will transform these designs into colorful mosaic wings.
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Kingfield PorchFest 2016!
Thursday, June 16th, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM
Attention neighbors, musicians, and porch owners! Sign up as a Musician or Host (or BOTH!) here! Just a few spots left for Musicians and Hosts to participate.
For anyone who missed this event last year and is wondering, “What is PorchFest?”--PorchFest is an evening of music, walking, and summer. On a single summer evening, musicians will perform acoustic music at their respective homes or at a porch location donated by a neighbor, while others stroll through the neighborhood, enjoying the sounds.
We have a need for musicians, amateur and professional, and for porch venues. If you are willing to perform music, provide a porch, or both, please utilize the online application form that will help us match musicians with hosts and porches, to better coordinate, map, and promote the sounds of the evening!
Questions? For more info visit here, or contact KFNA Executive Director, Sarah Linnes-Robinson at sarah@kingfield.org or 612.823.5980.
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Kingfield Neighborhood in the current edition of the Southwest Journal
Be sure to check the current edition of the Southwest Journal that features Kingfield Neighborhood! Tons of great stories on our food, our nonprofit neighbors actions in the community, our great neighborhood association including what they are working on this year, some of our great neighbors trying something new, and more!
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