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Nicollet Avenue is Popping-off!

September 20, 2022 By Sarah

Thanks to the funding provided by the City of Minneapolis Great Streets program, we had a fabulous summer celebrating businesses up and down Nicollet Avenue including the Kingfield Farmers’ Market at 40th, Butter Bakery at 37th, Twisted Hare, Ichigo, and Ramen Kazama at 34th, as well as the new businesses that will be moving to 31st with the development of the Project for Pride in Living affordable housing project!
Last week we welcomed these businesses (Dominic’s Tax Service, The Hub by MaKee Company, Afro Deli, Novadades Krystal, and Wells Fargo) with a community celebration highlighting all of them including food, provided by Afro Deli, and a quinceanera fashion show, organized by Novadades Krystal!
Definition of “popping-off”: a verb used when one is doing extremely well and performing better than anyone else in the game or in their field of work. 

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Filed Under: affordable housing, board, businesses, Crime and Safety, Equity & Outreach, event, Minneapolis, Nonprofit, Redevelopment and Transportation, Youth and Family

Stop 5G! Community Event

September 20, 2022 By Sarah

Thursday September 22, 12:30-3pm (documentary screening until 1:45)

Washburn Library, 5244 Lyndale Ave S

Stop 5G Community Event Flyer

Stay Connected but Protected. Join local community members and safe technology experts to learn how 5G impacts us, our kids, and the environment.

Screening of documentary “Generation Zapped” followed by a Q&A discussion with Cece Doucette, National 5G Expert and Director of MA 4 Safe Technology and Nate Johnson, Electromagnetic Radiation Specialist (EMRS).

Zoom Option: Can’t be there in person? Join on Zoom!

This is a community-organized event. KFNA is not sponsoring this event.

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Nicollet Avenue from Lake to 46th Street is Designated as a Vision Zero 2022 Project

September 7, 2022 By Sarah

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 .

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What is in a name? Selecting the future name of the former Wells Fargo Site at 3030 Nicollet Avenue

August 6, 2022 By Sarah

Wednesdays: August 10, 17, 24, 31 

Note: the start date of this event series has been delayed until August 17!

Blaisdell YMCA, 3335 Blaisdell Avenue

RSVP for 1 or all 4 HERE, on Eventbrite

What is in a NAME? Naming is itself a form of power. The “NAMED” is bounded or exalted, defined, or confined within limits, a name may mark an exclusive circle or excluded fringe. A name may be a prerequisite, not only for the social position but also for social action, political solidarity, or meaning to a communities’ future. Our goal is to put this power in the hands of the community and select a name that carries the intention of social justice and cultural solidarity and a vital future that increases access to opportunity.

Please join us beginning at 6:00 pm for a community meal and community cultural presentations and activities to share the rituals and intentions of naming in the cultural communities that call Lake Street home. We will begin with an artistic and creative expression as opening and  then followed by an interactive presentation on naming. Guest leaders include Pangea,  Kalpulli KetzalCoatlicue, Somali Museum, Tiyumba African Dance, Duniya Drum and Dance, and Migizi.

After four weeks of Wednesday events, we will collaborate as youth and elders to offer a series of names for the community to select from. We will make the announcement in mid-September. This event is hosted by The Cultural Wellness Center and Project for Pride In Living.

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It’s a Polling Party!

August 4, 2022 By Sarah

Come to vote, stay for the lemonade and community chatter!

All Day Tuesday August 9 at MLK Park!

Organized by the Kingfield Neighborhood Association and supported with fresh coffee and cool hibiscus tea by Butter Bakery!

As you know, Kingfield has a great voting tradition, and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association hosts an outdoor polling party at MLK Park to greet neighbors with beverages and treats generously donated by area businesses and neighbors throughout the day while the polls are open. All of Kingfield (and Kingfield only) votes at MLK Park, so it is a great day to bump elbows with neighbors.

Even though it’s a state primary, we expect over 1000 Kingfield neighbors to come to MLK Park on August 9th to vote, and we’d love your help in welcoming them!

Please sign up to bake or greet August 9th! See available shifts and roles here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/30e0849a8a62ea1fe3-20221

New to Kingfield Neighborhood but want to vote? The primary election takes place on August 9th and every person that lives in Kingfield votes at MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet. You can find out if you are currently registered to vote at the MN Secretary of State website. You can also register to vote in-person at your polling place on Election Day. The Kingfield Neighborhood Association, your most local place-based nonprofit!, will have super vouchers at the ready if you are a new resident and need help verifying your address. Just stop by the Polling Party tent and ask for assistance.

Please plan to stop by the Kingfield Polling Party at either tent outside MLK Park, all day August 9 and meet the Kingfield Neighborhood Association and enjoy a cup of lemonade and a treat as a thank you for voting!

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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.

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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. 
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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....

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