Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Animal Service Project at MLK Park 11/18

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Animal Community Service Day!

MLK Park’s 4-H Club will be hosting a service project at their November meeting and EVERYONE is invited!  Help make toys and treats for animals at local animal shelters!

Sunday, November 18th
3:00 – 5:00 PM
MLK Park Rec Center, Multipurpose Room
4055 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55409

Please respond & RSVP with the following info:

  • Number of youth & adults attending.
  • If you are able to arrive a half hour early to help set-up, and/or stay 15 min at the end to clean-up.
  • If you would like to bring a snack to share (limit $5-10 per family). Consider allergy friendly foods (popcorn, fruit, granola bars, etc.).
  • If you can bring old t-shirts of any size or color that you don’t mind cutting up.

Adults, please consider being a Club Co-Leader:
They are looking for 2-5 adults who are willing to take lead and ownership of this club by January 2019, with a 4-H staff’s guidance.

To RSVP, contact Amy Collura at 612.596.2134 or hughe534@umn.edu

Paint-a-Bowl for Empty Bowls 11/25/2018

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Come and paint a bowl that has been hand created just for our Kingfield Empty Bowls Event – we just need YOU!  Supplies are provided, it is free and all are welcome!

No experience is needed; recommended for ages 6 and up (ages under 12 must be accompanied by an adult); one bowl per person.

Your artwork will be on display at the 2019 Kingfield Empty Bowls Event, February 7th, benefiting Nicollet Square which provides housing and support for young adults who have experienced homelessness or been in the foster care system. For more information about Kingfield Empty Bowls, please visit our website: www.Kingfield.org

Plans for SW Parks – Find Out More!

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The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is embarking on an ambitious and critical effort to master plan every neighborhood park in each service area—and all the outdoor park assets that lie within them. These master plans will guide system-wide capital improvements, management, programming and operations for each geographic service area.

Every construction or redevelopment project undertaken within the MPRB Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is required to have a community engagement plan. That’s where you come in! 

Join neighbors and friends, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board staff and professional designers during Design Week Nov. 13-16!  Everyone who lives, works or plays in Southwest Minneapolis is invited to two opportunities to help set the vision for neighborhood parks in the area.

Kick-Off Workshop

Date: Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018

Time: 6-8 pm

Location: Whittier Recreation Center

Address: 425 W 26th St.

Topic: Discuss and review ideas in small groups. Anyone interested in Southwest Minneapolis neighborhood parks is welcome to attend. Food will be served, along with a table of activities for children.

Open Studio

Date: Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018

Time: 6-8 pm

Location: MPRB Headquarters, Cedar Room

Address: 2117 West River Road

Topic: The design team will open the drawing studio so anyone can review draft design ideas and offer additional input during the design process. Light refreshments will be available and children are welcome.

The Project Team will spend December refining the initial park concepts displayed at the Community Open Studio. The first round of draft concept designs will be available for public review and comment in early 2019.

Want more information? You can subscribe to get project updates, view key documents, and see all project activity by visiting the project website:

https://www.minneapolisparks.org/park_care__improvements/park_projects/current_projects/southwest_service_area_master_plan/#group_0_1403107

 

Calling all Ceramic Artists to a Pottery Throwdown!

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8 Wheels will be available and clay is provided for Saturday throwing and Sunday bowl-trimming. Please RSVP to reserve your wheel to sarah.linnesro@earthlink.net. We will reserve a couple wheels for drop-in artists, as well, but a reservation guarantees you a seat at a wheel!

Artists, please donate your time and talents to help us create soup-sized bowls for the annual Kingfield Empty Bowls Event, benefitting Nicollet Square, which provides stable home to 42 formerly homeless youth in our neighborhood!

In partnership with Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park who is donating the space, equipment, and kiln time.

Questions? Contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director at sarah.linnesro@earthlink.net.

Come Out and Vote Kingfield!!! 11/6/2018

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Your patriotic duty will be rewarded by stopping at one of the three (yes, 3!!!) Kingfield Neighborhood Association tents set up at MLK Park today. Join us for a warm beverage, a treat, and some great conversation neighbor-to-neighbor!  Thanks to our fabulous local restaurants for their donations: Five Watt for coffee; Royal Grounds for coffee AND treats; Butter Bakery, The Lowbrow, SunStreet, Gigi’s, and Victor’s for treats!! Yum!!!

Nicollet Open Streets Sponsors

Event Sponsors

  • kmart
  • Lyndale Neighborhood Association
  • MN Brewery Running Series
  • Wells Fargo
  • Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Neighborhood Sponsors

  • Nicollet Ace Hardware
  • Five Watt Coffee
  • Driftwood Char Bar
  • Pat's Tap
  • Pompadour
  • Butter Bakery Cafe
  • Stonewood Properties
  • Revival

Street Sponsors

  • Valerie's Taqueria
  • Moe Bodyworks
  • Nighthawks
  • YMCA
  • The Lowbrow
  • Cocina Latina
  • Ramen Kazama
  • Quality Coaches
  • Curran's
  • Twisted Hare
  • House Lift
  • Hola Arepa
  • Cinco de Mayo Mercado