Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Kingfield Neighborhood Community Visioning Survey

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KFNA is asking neighbors to share your thoughts, ideas, and vision here: https://bit.ly/KFNAsurvey2021

What is the survey for? As we move through the Covid-19 pandemic and the city-wide (and global) reverberations of the murder of George Floyd by MPD, Kingfield Neighborhood Association (KFNA) is taking time to get insights and input from the Kingfield community about the mission, role, and programming of KFNA.

Why are we doing the survey? In the next 3 years, regular funding for KFNA will drop by 60% , due to a new Minneapolis funding program that prioritizes majority BIPOC and historically disinvested neighborhoods. In this new funding environment, the KFNA Board wants to make sure the association is prioritizing the issues and programs most important to everyone in the neighborhood.

How will you make sure responses represent the neighborhood? We aim to get 400-800 responses to this survey between May-August 2021, aiming for a representational response of 5-10% of the neighborhood. There are ~8000 residents in Kingfield, 63% renters, 35% homeowners. 78% of the neighborhood is white, 22% BIPOC.

Still have questions? Contact KFNA at

No Uptown Art Fair? Don’t Despair. LynLake’s Got Your Back!

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The LynLake Street Art Series returns for its third year bigger than ever. Spanning the weekend of August 7, this celebration of LynLake’s art scene will feature over 60 local and nationally acclaimed muralists; live performances and lighting displays; local food and drink specials; and more. Legacy Glassworks has put together an all-star roster of local and national muralists, who will create original murals on businesses and walls spread across the commercial corridor.

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In addition to the muralists, the parking lot behind the Jungle Theater will be offering a wide variety of other entertainment options, including glass blowing demonstrations, outreach from Sprayfinger, food trucks, and a festival stage for live performances. These performances will span all day and showcase local organizations and Jungle artists, such as Yoga from 612 Jungle, live dance from Ragamala Dance Company, comedy from HUGE Improv and The Shrieking Harpies, music from Lifting a Finger and a special live performance of Jungle’s next Serial project Words + Music.

Hosted by Legacy Glassworks, the LynLake Business Association, and the Jungle Theater, this festival invites our community to come together to celebrate the vibrant community of LynLake.

The Future at Lake and Nicollet, session #4: Cultural Assets and Economics

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Cultural Assets and Economics https://www.lakeandnicollet.com/register

July 22, 6 PM Dinner/ 6:30 Program Start

Location Blaisdell YMCA 3335 Blaisdell Ave, Minneapolis, MN 55408

We will explore the intersection of the economics and the practical reality of developing housing that meets the needs of the community in three topics

  1. Affordable Rental Housing
  2. Ownership Housing
  3. Career Pathways

Housing is at the core of eliminating racial disparities in economic well-being. We are looking for long-term targeted interventions that expand access to opportunity. Key to this is the disconnect between cultural financial practices and traditional banking and financing, they are not aligned to maximize opportunity and impact.

Start Time: 6:00 PM

6:00 PM Dinner will be served

6:30 PM  Community Cultural Institution experience

7:00 PM  Sessions Begin

We will organize three groups and the speakers will rotate at 20-minute intervals

  1. Affordable Rental Housing 
  2. Ownership Housing 
  3. Career Pathways – The Goal is family-sustaining income

8:15 PM Adjourn

 

Wells Fargo Community Engagement Report

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“It was a privilege to participate in this first session for the Nicollet and Lake redevelopment area. We got to hear brief introductions from the stakeholders who are guiding this process: Project for Pride in Living, Cultural Wellness Center and Wells Fargo. It was brought up that how we build is as important as what we build, thus the focus on community engagement and centering the community voice.
 
This first session focused on the history of Lake Street extending both directions from Nicollet Ave. Through imagery and stories we learned about this neighborhood through the decades from the late 1800’s to today. We got to see how the area evolved through the years with the introduction of cars, the move of businesses to the suburbs and the hard truths of erosion of community, redlining, the construction of 35W as well as the renewed focus on culture with the development of the Midtown Global Market. We also learned of inspiring community members who lived in the neighborhood at different times: Lena Olive Smith (Minnesota’s first female African American lawyer), Wayne Glanton (pioneering carpenter and construction entrepreneur) and Willie Mays (who played for the Minneapolis Millers before joining the New York Giants). 
 
For those interested in listening, learning and supporting this effort I welcome you to join me at future meetings.”
Joanne Chappellaz, Kingfield Neighbor and Member of the KFNA Redevelopment Committee

Tonight, MPD150 Part II: Creating the Future of Community Safety

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MPD150: A People’s Project Evaluating Policing

Join your Kingfield neighbors to learn about MPD150, a community-based initiative challenging the narrative that police exist to protect and serve. MPD150’s work seeks to shift the discussion around police and policing in Minneapolis from one of procedural reforms to one of meaningful structural change. These presentations were born out of a group of neighbors’ conversations about looking beyond policing to find alternative ways to create safe communities. KFNA is hosting these presentations as a way to start conversation in our neighborhood about the role that neighbors, and nonprofits (like KFNA), can play in creating a safe space for all.

Part 2: Tuesday May 4, 7pm-8pm

Creating the Future of Community Safety: Connect with neighbors to discuss harms we face in our neighborhood and City, measures we can take to prevent these harms, and alternatives we can create to address harms when they do occur.

Facilitators: MPD150 work group members, Sheila Nezhad 

More info and registration: bit.ly/3mFteEa

To view Session 1, The History of Policing in Minneapolis, visit here.