Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education hosting community listening sessions for superintendent search

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The Minneapolis Public Schools Board of Education invites the community to participate in upcoming listening sessions as part of the superintendent search. The information gathered from these meetings will be used to develop an overview of the most desired characteristics of and priorities for the new superintendent.

Session date and times are listed below:

  • Thursday, Jan. 12, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Hmong International Academy, 1501 N 30th Ave.
  • Friday, Jan. 13, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Washburn High School, 201 W 49th St.
  • Saturday, Jan. 14, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. AND 2 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. at Northeast Library, 2200 NE Central Ave.
  • Wednesday, Jan. 18, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Emerson Dual Language School, 1421 Spruce Pl.
  • Thursday, Jan. 19, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at Division of Indian Work, 1001 East Lake St.
  • Friday, Jan. 20, 6 p.m. – 7:30 p.m. at North High School, 1500 James Ave. N.
  • Saturday, Jan. 21, 10 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. at Urban Ventures, 2924 4th Ave. S.

Interpretation as well as childcare will be available for those who need it. More information is available on the MPS website.

The community is also invited to share their feedback via an online survey before Jan. 23. [Read more…]

Kingfield’s MLK Park Welcomes a New Director in 2023

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Thank you Peter, for your 8 years of soccer, syruping, and service!

Peter Jaeger has been the MLK Park Director for the past eight years and will be moving into a new position with the Mpls Parks as a city-wide program lead with a focus on nature based pillar programs and working out of Lake Nokomis Park.  Peter states, “I will miss MLK Park more than most could realize,  the beautiful facility, outdoor grounds and especially the community and park participants that support the park and all of its programs.”

Aaron Flanders is  a lifelong Minneapolis resident born, raised, and currently living in the Longfellow neighborhood.  I grew up in the Park system beginning tball at Longfellow Park at the age of 4.  Aaron says, “I love that in my job I get to give back to youth and residents by providing the same wonderful experiences I had as a child.  I am looking forward to meeting new and wonderful people with my new assignment as Recreation Supervisor at Martin Luther King Jr. Park.”

Celebrate Martin Luther King Day!

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Events:
a. On SUNDAY January 15, a Dawn Reading of the “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” by Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. 7-8:15 AM, 41st & Nicollet in MLK Park (at the freedom Form Sculpture)
b. On MONDAY January 16, the Annual Park Board Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day Celebration at MLK Park, 6:30-8 PM, 4055 Nicollet
As part of the evening celebration, the13th Annual Feeding the Dream Food Drive will be in progress. People are encouraged to drop off non-perishable food items at their local MPRB Recreation Center through January 16. This year, all donations will go to YouthLink.
The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration is free and open to the public. Attendees are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food item to donate. Refreshments will be available following the program.

Thank you to the Kingfield and Lyndale History Hounds!

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Thank you to the dozen volunteers who have been sorting paper and scouring old news stories about our neighborhoods these past two months.  These History Hounds are helping to clear out the file cabinets, so that both Lyndale and Kingfield’s historic documents can be included in the the collection that the Hennepin Library Archivists are putting together. When completed, this collection will show the breadth and value of neighborhood actions and activities and how it has shaped Minneapolis over the last 30 years.

Our History Hounds are a talented bunch, but many also have a history of their own in archival documentation, or they are simply self-proclaimed trivia-history nerds!

Want to get involved? There is more room at the table (or more correctly, in the basement file-room) for a few more History Hounds. Just contact Nicole at to set a time to come dig through a box of papers!

Happy 2023, Enjoy this snowday in Kingfield!

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Be sure to check if you favorite shop is open on this snowy day, before trudging out to your favorite hang-out place. One place that will be open? The sledding hill at MLK Park!

Reminder: snow emergency starts tonight at 9 PM. Full rules are below.

Also, garbage, recycling, and organics hauling is suspended for the day and will resume tomorrow. Leave your bins out until they get collected this week, and please make sure they are shoveled out for the pick-up team.

Snow Emergency Parking Rules:

  • 9 p.m. today, Jan. 4 to 8 a.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 (Day 1) Do not park on EITHER side of a Snow Emergency route until 8 a.m., or the street is fully plowed.
  • 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday, Jan. 5 (Day 2) Do not park on the EVEN numbered side of a non-Snow Emergency route until 8 p.m., or that side of the street is fully plowed, or on EITHER side of a parkway until 8 p.m., or the parkway is fully plowed.
  • 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Jan. 6 (Day 3) Do not park on the ODD numbered side of a non-Snow Emergency route until 8 p.m., or that side of the street is fully plowed.