Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Music Notes! A Neighborhood Scavenger Hunt

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Tuesday April 7th the symbol is a music note. Or for that matter print the opening notes of your favorite song and maybe people will stop in front of your house and sing or play it for you!

Every Tuesday neighbors are decorating a window or front door with a certain symbol, creating a community scavenger hunt for people out walking in the neighborhood. All you need to do to participate is paint, draw, or even cut out the symbol of the week and put it facing outward for the world to see. This is one way neighbors can still connect, even when we actually cannot.

 

Kingfield Neighborhood Virtual Tiny Porch Concert w/ John Kerns

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Tune in and experience a live show with Kingfielder John Kerns. We are excited to help keep our local musicians connected with you and look forward to a Real PorchFest when the emergency clears.

This Kingfield Virtual Tiny Porch Concert will be streaming on Facebook live from our community partner Butter Bakery Cafe! John will also be setting up a YouTube broadcast as well.

Learn more about John at https://soundcloud.com/kernsey
https://store.cdbaby.com/cd/johnkerns
Listen for ways to support John with online donations as well!

Support Butter Bakery Cafe by purchasing a gift card: https://squareup.com/gift/4VE08TFNZDTAG/order or stop by and be one of the four shop customers during the concert!

Although we wish you could attend in-person, the current quarantine means you will need to watch Butter’s Facebook livestream to watch the solo performance. John is excited to share his music with you and the cafe will be open during the show and can welcome four people into the shop at one time for counter service.

Assistance for Businesses and Contractors due to COVID-19

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There are some programs coming on-line or changing that can help businesses and self-employed people coming out of the Federal CARES Act signed into law last week that we want to draw your attention to:

  • Businesses should be planning their requests to the new Paycheck Protection Program.   The program becomes live as soon as this Friday (4/3). Businesses (including self-employed) can receive forgivable loans up-to-250% of its payroll to support its employees and occupancy expenses. No collateral requirements, no fees, no payments for 6 months. The loan is forgiven in eight weeks if the business can show it used the funds for eligible expenses. Lending through the businesses’ bank or an SBA qualified lender.  The City is working with the Too Local to Fail Coalition led by the Minneapolis Chamber.  We will be launching an awareness campaign for this resource tomorrow, so you will see more on it.  Included in this campaign is a webinar hosted by Sunrise Banks at 1 p.m. tomorrow.  We will share details on accessing that webinar as soon as these are available.

https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/loans/paycheck-protection-program-ppp

 

  • The SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans are live.  These loans are up-to-$2 million at 3.75% with favorable teams.  What’s new is that the SBA streamlined its process and now offers now an up-front $10,000 grant against the loan.

https://www.sba.gov/funding-programs/disaster-assistance

 

  • The CARES Act also included the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance program.  This program expands who is eligible for Unemployment Insurance to those individuals who do not qualify for regular unemployment compensation and are unable to work because of COVID-19. This includes self-employed workers (including gig workers and independent contractors), part-time workers, and those with limited work histories. It also increases unemployment benefits and make them available for additional weeks to benefits.  The State of Minnesota administers this program.  It is awaiting guidance from the U.S. Department of Labor on how to implement the program and the expanded services will be available in the near future.

https://www.uimn.org/

Looking for Ways to Help in the Community?

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If you are looking for ways to help in our community please visit this link of local nonprofits working on the front lines of helping to feed and support individuals and families in this time. 

Thank you to volunteer and neighbor Brad Hilsabeck for helping Kingfield Neighborhood Association to compile this resource!

Counting Every Minnesotan — Census Day is TODAY, April 1, 2020

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Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau works to count every person in the United States, including everyone living in Minnesota.

The resulting count will guide the distribution of billions of dollars to Minnesota’s communities, determine political representation for the next decade, and provide data that shapes how Minnesota’s policymakers and business leaders decide to invest public and private resources.

Fill out your census online HERE!

Kingfield Empty Bowls Sponsors

  • Baker's Field Flour and Bread
  • Seward Coop
  • Clancey's Meats and Fish
  • Curran's
  • Apoy
  • Cafe Ena
  • gigi's cafe
  • Kyatchi
  • Lake Country School
  • La Fresca
  • The Lowbrow
  • Nighthawks
  • Sunstreet Breads
  • Victor's 1959 Cafe
  • Breadsmith Edina
  • Butter Bakery Cafe