Saturday, September 10th
Downstairs in Fellowship Hall at Judson Church 4101 Harriet Ave. S.
Come join us for complimentary pizza from local pizza restaurants beginning at 5 p.m.
Children welcome! Parents or grandparents bring your kids or grandkids. All adults are welcome (with or without kids!)
We’ll have games, crafts, and activities set up to enjoy! Adults bring your favorite game to play or join some children and play a game or do a craft.
Outside fun too! Hope you can join us!
What is Vision Zero?
Vision Zero is an international movement for safe streets. The City of Minneapolis has joined the national Vision Zero movement to end deaths and severe injuries on our streets. Each year, about 166 people die or suffer from severe injuries in traffic crashes on Minneapolis streets (Average from 2016 to 2019). That is unacceptable and preventable. The Minneapolis City Council adopted a Vision Zero Resolution on September 20, 2017. It commits to the goal of zero traffic deaths and severe injuries on City streets by 2027.
See the map of Vision Zero Projects, and scroll down the page for examples of High Visibility Improvements coming to Nicollet Avenue and other Vision Zero project areas. You will be seeing changes along Nicollet over the next couple weeks that are a result of Vision Zero. If you have questions regarding any of them please contact the City Team directly at .
The Rusty Patched Bumble Bee, an important pollinator once common in the Midwest, is now on the endangered species list—and you can help save it. The Lyndale, Kingfield, and Tangletown neighborhoods, with funding from the MN Board of Water and Soil Resources, are helping to rebuild pollinator habitat by creating a path- way of native plant gardens from Lake Street to Minnehaha Creek.
Your yard could be one of up to 35 chosen to increase the feeding sites the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee needs to survive, breed, and perform its essential role in our ecosystem. Small gardens with the right plants can make a big difference!
Apply now and your yard could become a link in the Nicollet Avenue Pollinator Pathway!
Applications are due by September 15, 2022. To ensure a corridor that is as friendly as possible to this pollinator, priority will be given to sites with a minimum of 4–6 hours of sun each day and within 1?4 mile of several larger Pollinator Pathway community gardens also in development. If accepted, a sliding scale participation fee of $10-30 is due by September 29, 2022.
Applicants must be residents of the Lyndale, Kingfield, or Tangletown neighborhoods (Lyndale to 35W, Lake Street to Minnehaha Creek). If you are a renter, you will need the support of your landlord to participate in this project. Project participants must agree to prepare the site, plant the garden (help will be available to those who need it), then maintain it for at least five years.
If your property is selected for the project, you will be provided with native plants favored by the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee. Local Master Gardeners will help you design a garden to suit your site and will provide advice on how to:
Let’s keep up the strong voting tradition…2226 neighbors came to MLK to vote on primary day last week! While that is fabulous, we would like to see DOUBLE that amount on November 8th. Sign up here to help Get Out the Vote in Kingfield!
Dear Neighbors:
These have been tremendously challenging times for our community, our city and our nation. Respect for the rule of law is seemingly at an all-time low. We have witnessed high levels of violent crime, including carjackings, armed robberies, burglaries and murders. This is unacceptable and the City must use all of its resources to address this issue. We know and understand that there are a variety of factors contributing to this current crisis – from the lack of affordable housing, opioid addiction, the over saturation of automatic guns in our communities to the very real staffing shortages in the law enforcement ranks. However, this is not the time for excuses but time to take action. I have been working with public safety officials to come up with strategies and solutions to address the many concerns we are hearing. To that end, I will be hosting a community safety meeting for the 38th and Chicago area next week, Thursday August 25th at 6:00 p.m. in the Phelps Recreational Center Gym, 701 E. 39th St. I have invited and confirmed the attendance of Interim Police Chief Huffman, Public Safety Commissioner Dr. Cedric Alexander, 3rd Precinct Inspector Gomez.
In the meantime, 3rd Precinct Inspector Gomez has committed to extra patrols in the area of 38th and Chicago. Governor Walz has committed to extending State Patrol resources for Minneapolis, and the FBI has been involved in addressing the proliferation of guns in our community. I know these are challenging times. I extend my apologies to the victims of violent and property crimes in our communities and vow to stay on top of this issue until we see some visible, effective and positive change.
Andrea Jenkins