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Happy 2023, Enjoy this snowday in Kingfield!

January 4, 2023 By Sarah

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.

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Did you Miss the “Former Kmart & New Nicollet Ave Project Open House”?

November 14, 2022 By Sarah

It isn’t too late to share your ideas and opinions!

Tell us about your experience using the former Kmart area and your ideas for the future of the site. Scan this QR code with your smartphone to take a short survey! Open until November 30th!

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Filed Under: businesses, City, Communication, Equity & Outreach, Redevelopment and Transportation

New to Minneapolis? Election Day is Tuesday November 8th

November 5, 2022 By Sarah

Polls are open 7:00 AM – 8:00 PM. If you are new to the neighborhood, or new to the State, Minnesota has same day registration so Welcome to the Neighborhood and YES, you can vote too!

Find your polling place at https://pollfinder.sos.state.mn.us/

Find early voting info at https://vote.minneapolismn.gov/

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Vision Zero Community Conversation

November 4, 2022 By Sarah

Reminder Notice: 

Date: Monday November 7, 3-4 PM

Location: The Lowbrow, 4244 Nicollet 

  • Join KFNA at The Lowbrow to learn about Vision Zero, and the recently installed safety improvements being used along Nicollet Avenue.
  • Understand why these safety improvements were installed and how the City will be evaluating their effectiveness.
  • Provide feedback to the City of Minneapolis Vision Zero Team about how it is working.

Thanks to our meeting host, The Lowbrow, who is opening early to host this event and providing happy hour pricing on drinks and food for the occasion!

What is Vision Zero?

The City of Minneapolis joined the national Vision Zero movement and City Council adopted a Vision Zero Resolution in 2017, which commits to the goal of zero traffic deaths and severe injuries on City streets by 2027.

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Reminder, Tonight! Former Kmart & New Nicollet Ave Project: Open House

October 25, 2022 By Sarah

Tuesday, October 25, 5:30 – 8:00 PM 

Abyssinia Cultural Center, 322 W. Lake Street (3rd floor of the Furniture building!)

Join a public event to discuss the future of the Former Kmart & New Nicollet Ave project, including food, live music, and supervised children’s activities! Walking, rolling, and biking encouraged. Limited parking available on the northside of the building.

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Thank you to @abangyoli for donating a dessert to Thank you to @abangyoli for donating a dessert to the Empty Bowls event on February 12th at Judson Church. 
Your donation provides you with a handmade pottery bowl, great soup, and the option to get a piece of Japanese Cheese Cake (with lemon curd and candied lemon rind) from Abang Yoli!
Thank you to @petiteleonmpls for donating Zuppa To Thank you to @petiteleonmpls for donating Zuppa Toscana to the Empty Bowls event on February 12th. Your donation gets you a handmade bowl and soup from Petite Leon -- a featured restaurant on the New York Times' Top 50 restaurants list of 2022.

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Thank you to @victors1959cafe for donating soup fo Thank you to @victors1959cafe for donating soup for Empty Bowl's SOUPer Bowl Sunday Fundraiser! 
Join KFNA on February 12th at Judson Church to help raise money for Nicollet Square, your donation gets you a beautifully handcrafted bowl, and enjoy Victor's 1959 Cafe's famous Black Bean soup!
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Big "Thank You" to Judson Church for hosting the E Big "Thank You" to Judson Church for hosting the Empty Bowls event this year on February 12th from 10:30 - 2 pm. Come to our SOUPer Bowl pregame event and team up with Empty Bowls to Tackle Hunger. A suggested $25 donation gets you a handmade bowl, as well as delicious soup, bread, and desserts from local restaurants. Proceeds benefit Nicollet Square.

#superbowl #EmptyBowls #Minneapolis #Minneapolis2022 #SouperBowl #judsonmemorialbaptistchurch #KFNA #nicoletsquare #beaconinterfaithhousing #kingfieldneighborhoodassociation #TackleHunger #fundraiser #soup #superbowl2022
Team up with us as we Tackle Hunger at our annual Team up with us as we Tackle Hunger at our annual Empty Bowls event! Join us for SOUPer Bowl Sunday pregame event on Sunday, February 12th from 10:30 am - 2 pm @judsonchurch41. A suggested $25 donation gets you a handmade bowl, as well as delicious soup and bread from local restaurants. 
Proceeds benefit Nicollet Square, a project of Beacon Interfaith Housing and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association. 
Let us know you are interested: https://fb.me/e/2ERPSy8UQ?mibextid=RQdjqZ
For more information: https://kingfield.org/kingfield-empty-bowls/. Questions or want to support the event as a sponsor? Contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director at sarah@kingfield.org 

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Start your year off on the right foot and give bac Start your year off on the right foot and give back to your community! Lyndale's Education Program is in need of volunteer support for their English as a Second Language (ESL) and Digital Literacy (DL) classes.  Volunteers are needed for morning, afternoon, and evening classes and you could volunteer 1 day per week, or more. In this role you can expect to lead a small group of students and provide 1-on-1 student support....

https://lyndale.org/2022/12/13/calling-all-volunteers-to-support-lyndales-adult-education-program/?fbclid=IwAR0Ugi46arF6ziib_pok3UhWbVQgekN7Xgfx3ppLSHYkI_B2-I2KunUp1Io
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