Former Kmart and New Nicollet Redevelopment Survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/TCF9Y7N
Kingfield PorchFest 2022; Coming to a Stage near you on Thursday 6/16/22!
Look for the signs (30+ of them throughout Kingfield!) Download the map!
Join the event here to see map and follow the band postings!
For anyone who missed this event the last the past 8 years and is wondering, “What is the heck is PorchFest?” Well, 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.
Sounds cool? It is!
Plan to join your neighbors in the streets on June 16, and learn how to support the event in the action notice below!
This is Kingfield Neighborhood’s signature event and 1000’s of community members come out to enjoy our amazing neighborhood, which overflows with so much talent. Neighbors can frequently be heard saying “THIS is what I love about Kingfield!”, as they fill the streets while free music fills the air.
Well, now is where you can SHOW your LOVE for PorchFest and keep it, and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association, strong into the future. Donate now and encourage others you know who value this great community and amazing event to also support it!
To Donate to Support PorchFest and KFNA:
Text PorchFest to 44-321
or
Donate via Venmo @kingfield_kfna
Guide on How To Tackle Hunger on ‘SOUPer Bowl Sunday’ (a pregame event!)
Sunday February 13, 11 AM – 2 PM, Butter Bakery Café, 3700 Nicollet
Bring on Your Best Team (and your proof of COVID-19 vaccination) to Tackle Hunger and support Kingfield Empty Bowls!
- Step 1: Bundle up and go to Butter Bakery, 3700 Nicollet, on Sunday Feb 13 from 11 AM to 2 PM.
- Step 2: Visit the Outdoor Bowl Tent and select a beautiful artist-created, pottery bowl to take home!
- Step 3: Move to the Donation Table and make a donation (suggested at $25 per person) to support Nicollet Square & KFNA as we fight hunger in your community.
- Step 4: Decide if you want to dine at Butter or take soup home for later.
Those opting to take soup-to-go will choose one quart of any of the three delicious varieties donated by Simpls; packaged with bread and cookies to travel (plus a coupon for another quart in the future!)
Those opting to dine on site (indoors or out!) can share their proof of vaccination and enjoy soup from either Victor’s 1959 Café, Clancey’s Meats, or Butter Bakery themselves. This will be served with crusty, fresh bread from Sun Street and Great Harvest, and a choice of delicious dessert from The Lowbrow, Royal Grounds, or Metro Meals on Wheels and Open Arms!
Want to Volunteer? Visit here!
Questions or want to support the event as a sponsor? ">Contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director
National Day of Racial Healing webinar on Jan. 18
This year, the City of St. Paul, City of Minneapolis, City of Brooklyn Park, Ramsey County, and Hennepin County are partnering to bring a community cross government event to recognize the National Day of Racial Healing. Racism impacts all of us and we believe we need to create more safe spaces for our collective healing. This community event is intended to bring people together and strengthen relationships between local governments and community members.
We will discuss the racial equity work happening in our local governments and share resources for racial healing. There will be time for questions and answers as well as guided mediations.
Please register before joining.
- When: January 18, 2022 from 6-8 p.m.
- Register here: https://zoom.us/webinar/
register/WN_ 8fRVNjqoSAuPSiZz9IbDvA
Interested in Being part of a Grassroots Sponsor circle for Afghan Refugees?
Here in the US, thousands and thousands of Afghan refugees have been flown into military bases across the country awaiting resettlement. They are tired, grieving, traumatized. As states struggle to resettle these refugees many are ill prepared after years of almost no refugee resettlement. The agencies that usually did this work have been gutted by the financial cuts and are overwhelmed at their diminished capacities. In response, the federal government launched two new initiatives in an effort to have all Afghan refugees off of military bases by February of 2022. These initiatives include utilizing local non-profits through state coordination to help resettle and a community Sponsor Circles initiative. [Read more…]