Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Plans for SW Parks – Find Out More!

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The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is embarking on an ambitious and critical effort to master plan every neighborhood park in each service area—and all the outdoor park assets that lie within them. These master plans will guide system-wide capital improvements, management, programming and operations for each geographic service area.

Every construction or redevelopment project undertaken within the MPRB Capital Improvement Program (CIP) is required to have a community engagement plan. That’s where you come in! 

Join neighbors and friends, Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board staff and professional designers during Design Week Nov. 13-16!  Everyone who lives, works or plays in Southwest Minneapolis is invited to two opportunities to help set the vision for neighborhood parks in the area.

Kick-Off Workshop

Date: Tuesday, Nov. 13, 2018

Time: 6-8 pm

Location: Whittier Recreation Center

Address: 425 W 26th St.

Topic: Discuss and review ideas in small groups. Anyone interested in Southwest Minneapolis neighborhood parks is welcome to attend. Food will be served, along with a table of activities for children.

Open Studio

Date: Thursday, Nov. 15, 2018

Time: 6-8 pm

Location: MPRB Headquarters, Cedar Room

Address: 2117 West River Road

Topic: The design team will open the drawing studio so anyone can review draft design ideas and offer additional input during the design process. Light refreshments will be available and children are welcome.

The Project Team will spend December refining the initial park concepts displayed at the Community Open Studio. The first round of draft concept designs will be available for public review and comment in early 2019.

Want more information? You can subscribe to get project updates, view key documents, and see all project activity by visiting the project website:

https://www.minneapolisparks.org/park_care__improvements/park_projects/current_projects/southwest_service_area_master_plan/#group_0_1403107

 

SW Community Parks Workshop and Online Survey

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Tuesday October 23, 6:30 PM at Bryant Square Park, 3101 Bryant

Share your thoughts on improvements you’d like to see in your neighborhood parks during the next 20 years.  Park staff, designers, and community members will work together on new master plan designs – your participation is welcome!

Neighborhood parks included (Central Group): Bryant Square, Painter, Lyndale Farmstead, and Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr parks; as well as Kings Highway, The Mall, Loon Lake Trolley Path, and Lyndale School Pool. Additional workshops are being held for other neighborhood parks in SW Minneapolis.

Learn more, take an online survey, or sign up for emails at the project webpage:

Southwest Service Area Master Plan

Are you a S’mores Pro??!!

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Then we need your help… Friday night, October 5th, the Kingfield Neighborhood Association, with support from the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board, will have a free family bon(ding) fire at MLK Park, complete with s’mores (that’s where you come in) and warm apple cider. We are looking for 4-6 adults to volunteer to help kids coordinate the s’mores making materials, from 6-9pm. Please send us an e-mail if you can help: info@Kingfield.org

Citizen Tree Pruning Workshop

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September 13th and 20th, from 6:30pm-9pm at Martin Luther King Jr Park Recreation Center

Calling Kingfield Orchard Caretakers! Interested in learning more about trees and being part of the Tree Team for the new Kingfield Orchard in MLK Park? Want to learn how to identify tree species in your neighborhood and implement proper pruning practices? Come attend the Citizen Pruner Volunteer training led by the University of Minnesota and the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board Forestry Department.

At this two session training you’ll learn tree ID, restricted species, fundamentals of pruning, and receive hands-on field practice. Training will focus on common species, and will include a fruit tree specific component. With over 100 new trees planted in MLK Park this spring we have a lot of examples to work with!

All pruning equipment will be provided for the training. After training you’ll be able to sign-up as part of the Kingfield Tree Team and attend pruning events throughout Minneapolis where you can apply these skills and help your community’s trees.  Citizen Pruners are responsible for submitting 10 volunteer hours a year or attending 3 city-hosted events and must recertify every 3 years by completing an updated recertification assessment.

Be the Lorax; speak for the trees!  Register today!!

Cost: $25 (If financial assistance is needed, contact Calli at CCloutier@minneapolisparks.org)

To register now contact:  Calli at CCloutier@minneapolisparks.org

For more information: http://www.mntca.umn.edu/citizen-pruner/minneapolis-citizen-pruner

Heat Index Forces MLK Park to Close at 5pm Tonight, 7/12/2018

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Unfortunately, the annual MLK Park Ice Cream Social is being cancelled.  The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board’s policy requires that facilities close if the heat index rises to a level that does not allow people to be able to cool down in non-air conditioned facilities.  We hope the event is rescheduled, but do not have any information at this time.  In the meantime, please stay hydrated!!