Kingfield Neighborhood Association

KFNA Board Election this Saturday 4|27|19, 4-6 PM at the Outdoor Oven

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Welcome Spring and elect a new Board of Directors to your neighborhood nonprofit, the Kingfield Neighborhood Association (KFNA,) at the Outdoor Oven! Pizza, annual organizational report, introduction of current volunteers, great community conversation, and more! Children welcome—plan to join us!

We are excited for new leadership, but thankful for those continuing their terms on the Kingfield Neighborhood Association board and super happy that Lisa Skrzeczkoski-Bzdusek has another year to serve!

As a public defender during the day Lisa stands up for the under-represented, and in her work with KFNA she likes to plan fun family activities that engage kids of all ages. She has been a leader of the both the Family Engagement Team and their First Saturday events as well as the MLK 4-H Council (hence a double meaning of the scales in her starter pack, balancing her career and her home life, as well as her volunteer commitments!)

Originally from Wisconsin, she also likes hiking, skiing, and swimming and has swam the Point La Point multiple times, be sure to ask her about open water swims in 60 degree water. She also enjoys good ol’ fashioned paperbacks with happy endings, hence Princess Bride in her starter pack. What’s a more feel good novel than that?!

Kingfield Annual Garage/Yard/Rummage Sale 2019?

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Do you love a great garage sale? Then we would love to have you help us plan this year’s event! Without volunteers, this event may not be possible…

Each year since 1998, generally on the third Saturday in May, Kingfield comes together to encourage folks to visit our neighborhood and help us recycle once-loved items. It is a perfect activity for those wanting to downsize, or for anyone caring about reusing and re-purposing stuff (Marie Kondo, anyone?!?), or wanting to turn unwanted treasures into a few extra dollars!

Please send an e-mail to info@kingfield.org to join the team that could make this year’s sale happen!  Your help would include creating applications, collecting information for maps, making flyers, distributing packets and signs, processing payments, and picking-up signs after the event. It takes about 3-5 people, meeting weekly for about 2 hours, beginning just as soon as we have interested helpers!

Be a Kingfield Get-Out-The-Vote Block or Building Captain!  

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The Block Captain program is a new effort by KFNA to make sure everyone’s voice is heard in November. We’re looking for one Block Captain per block to make sure everyone on their block is registered, talk to them about early voting options, and encourage them to vote in the days leading up to Election Day. Twenty-five neighbors have already stepped up to this task, which is great, but with 100 blocks in Kingfield it is possible that they your block doesn’t have a contact yet and THAT means we may still need YOU to talk with your block neighbors and make sure they have a plan to get to the polls on November 6th.

KFNA will provide voter registration materials, and we’ll also be holding a couple of training events. Interested? Sign up here: https://goo.gl/forms/CAaQrskdrt7YUeKA3

We need your help to have the biggest & best Nicollet Open Streets ever!

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Yes, it takes a village (or at least a neighborhood of fun-loving, committed volunteers!) to pull off an event of this scale! Sign-up to help out on Sunday September 23rd today!

Register here to help!

Nicollet Open Streets is coming to Nicollet on Sunday, September 23rd from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. Nicollet Avenue will be closed for motorized vehicles from Lake Street to 46th Street leaving the streets open for community members to experience Nicollet in a whole different way. This exciting event brings thousands of people to the area to experience the Lyndale and Kingfield neighborhoods and to pull of this grand event we need your help! There are a number of volunteer opportunities and ways that you can be a part of this amazing new event. It’s fun!  AND you get a really cool special edition free Nicollet Open Streets t-shirt!

Shifts are for an hour and 45 minutes, giving 15 minutes of overlap between shifts so you can be certain you are comfortable in your role and prepared. Shifts are:
10:30 – 12:30
12:15 – 2:15
2:00 – 4:00
3:45 – 5:45

Register here to help; if you have questions, contact aryca@lyndale.org or 612-824-9402 ext.14.

Seeking Kingfield PorchFest Host Sites

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Keeping it local, but sharing it global: Kingfield PorchFest 2018!

Thursday, June 21, 6 to 9 PM

Once again, on a single summer evening, Kingfield musicians will perform acoustic music outdoors at their respective homes or on a neighbor’s porch while neighbors stroll through the neighborhood enjoying the sounds.  As of today we have a few more musicians interested in performing than we have sites to offer them so we are seeking a few more PorchFest Hosts.

Do Host Porches Need To Provide Anything besides a space?

We ask that Hosts treat your Musicians as your guests including: 1) allow musicians use of restrooms (no need to offer to the general public), 2) provide water or other light refreshments to the band, 3) offer them stools or chairs, and 4) set up a card table for the tip jar and any merchandise they may be selling. For the audience please also set up a few chairs or spread out some lawn blankets, and be sure to publicly pass or announce the band’s Tip Jar for them every 15-20 minutes. We also ask for a head count of audience members every 30 minutes.

How do I register to be considered as a PorchFest Host Site?

Visit https://goo.gl/forms/uDMESI2s3Q6tSFr33!