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Kingfield PorchFest 2016 - note: we are still seeking two acoustic musicians or groups to fill empty performance spots | Thu, Jun 16

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Compost Help is Available!

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South Minneapolis Housing Segregation and Tilsenbilt Homes | Tue, Jun 21

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Kingfield Home-based Professionals Happy Hour | Wed, Jun 22

Thursday, June 16th, 6:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Meet the Bands & Download the Map at the Facebook Event Page here.

The completed map will be available online and on Facebook Tuesday afternoon so you can plan your route. Note: we are still seeking two acoustic musicians or groups to fill empty performance spots: contact sarah@kingfield.org if you are interested!

For anyone who missed this event last year and is wondering, “What is PorchFest?” ...PorchFest is an evening of music, community, 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 and talent of their neighbors.

Questions? For more info contact KFNA Executive Director, Sarah Linnes-Robinson at sarah@kingfield.org or 612.823.5980.

This event is put on with the help of our local 2016 Kingfield PorchFest event supporters, Locus Architecture & Nicollet Ace Hardware!

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KFNA has, with the encouragement of Minneapolis Solid Waste and Recycling, started a Facebook Group to help you get your questions answered! The “MPLS GREEN Organic Recycling” Facebook Group was started by the Kingfield Neighborhood Association working with Kingfield neighbors (for the benefit of neighbors throughout Minneapolis!) to help answer questions related to organic recycling in the City of Minneapolis. Ask to join the group and then feel free to use the page to post photos of packaging or waste and questions. We have a team of compost experts waiting to help you get your trash into the correct can!

Saving the world one Minneapolis household at a time!
Visit the MPLS GREEN Organic Recycling facebook group

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Tuesday, June 21st, 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM

Judson Memorial Baptist Church, 4101 Harriet Avenue South, Minneapolis

Join local writer and historian Heidi Adelsman for a discussion of South Minneapolis housing segregation and the Tilsenbilt Homes.

Discriminatory housing practices, restrictive deed covenants and red-lining are part of the recent history of Minneapolis with present-day impacts. As recently as the 1950’s, banks and the Federal Housing Administration refused to provide mortgages for homes outside of established Black neighborhoods such as those near the E 38th Street and 4th Avenue corridors.

The Tilsenbilt homes, a group of over 50 homes located on 3rd, 4th and 5th Avenues in the Bryant and Regina neighborhoods, were constructed in the 1950’s by the Tilsen Homes Company with the help of realtor and philanthropist Archie Givens Sr. The Tilsenbilt Homes are believed to be one of the first federally-supported residential housing development in the United States that was open to homebuyers of all races.

Heidi Adelsman, a South Minneapolis neighbor, has researched and written about the Tilsenbilt Homes and other historic places and events that reveal our history of discriminatory housing practices and segregation in Minneapolis. Ms. Adelsman will invite a Tilsenbilt home owner to join her as a presenter. As the Kingfield and Bryant neighborhoods prepare to work with artist Seitu Jones on a rebuilt 40th Street Pedestrian bridge connecting our neighborhoods, we hope you will join us for an important discussion of our shared history.

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Wednesday, June 22nd, evening (specific time TBD)

Rincon 38, 3801 Grand Avenue South, Minneapolis

On Wednesday 22 June, the Kingfield Home-Based Professionals will be gathering for a late evening outdoor happy hour at Rincon 38 (38th & Grand). Exact time TBD — look for a discussion thread on their LinkedIn Group for details and to RSVP.

RSVP here!

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