Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Can you smell it in the air? Kingfield Empty Bowls is tonight!

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Vegetables being chopped, meat being seared, soup beginning to simmer, bread being baked, sugar being spun…and friends texting and calling friends to make plans for dinner tonight at MLK Park. The sounds and smells of activity and excitement…

The neighborhood is busy getting ready for Kingfield Empty Bowls Tonight!

A huge shout our to our restaurant partners who sustain us today at our Community Center…and many, many other days each year in their own spaces. Today they donate their time and talents to support youth in our community who have experienced homelessness and reside at Nicollet Square, a project of Beacon Interfaith.

Bring your neighbors, bring your family, bring your checkbook/cash/creditcards and join KFNA at MLK Park from 4-8 PM tonight, Thursday February 6!

Thanks go to: Butter Bakery Cafe, The Lowbrow, Cafe Ena, Patisserie 46, Baker’s Field Flour & Bread, Nighthawks, Kyatchi, Apoy, Seward Co-op Friendship Store, Curran’s, Gigi’s, Pat’s Tap, La Fresca, Clancey’s Meat & Fish, Lake Country School, Breadsmith, Sun Street Breads, and Victor’s 1959 Cafe!

 

Winter FunFest! This Saturday Morning!

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January 25th, 10 AM – 12 PM

Sledding hill to the south of MLK Park Rec Center

Come join the KFNA Youth & Family Event Team for sledding and building/painting creations with the snow. Don’t let the cold keep you away—we’ll have hot chocolate to keep us warm.

Contact Lisa Skrzeczkoski-Bzdusek at Lisa@kingfield.org to help, or just show up and sled!

Winter Break Fun for Youth at MLK Park

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MLK Park is working hard to provide exciting opportunities for youth during Winter Break. The fun starts on December 23 when the teen room will be open from 12-7. The room has been updated recently with an Xbox One and some new games, plus a ping pong table and tons of board games. The fun really kicks off from 3-5 with a Dodgeball Brawl, an all out dodgeball game that is always a hit. There are some awesome field trips during break too, like the Roller Garden on Dec 27 from 4-7:30pm, and Sky Zone on Jan 3 from 1:30-6pm. All these trips are free and for youth 12-7.

There are many other things happening for youth here and around the city. Be in touch with KJ, the park’s Youthline mentor, to get your child signed up for a program of field trip or to find out more about youth opportunities at  the park!

Kingfield Fall Newsletter is Now Available Online

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Visit here if you haven’t received your copy of the Kingfield News in your mail box yet. It is chock-full of community news, upcoming happenings and events, recaps of summer’s glory, and smiling photos of many of you, our Kingfield Neighbors!

Citizen Comments Requested on the Revised MLK Park Plan, part of the MPRB Southwest Area Master Plans

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The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB)  has published revised concepts for the Southwest Service Area Master Plan (called the Southwest Parks Plan for short) including MLK Park. The goal of all of these plans is to create a cohesive set of new, long-term plans for these Minneapolis neighborhood park properties. The King Park Plan can be viewed in this group of Plans.

If you would like to see how the updated concept compares to KFNA’s comments/input on the initial concepts read our initial response here.

We would encourage you to think about how you use the park now and what makes MLK Park great!  What elements of the new park design would improve that experience? What park elements, location and spacing could be improved in the concept?  Is there anything missing from the design that you think needs to be included?  The two initial concepts for the park can be found here.

You can share your comments to this updated concept plan online at surveymonkey.

If you would like to discuss or share any specific comments on the design with the neighborhood’s Community Advisory Committee Member contact Chris DesRoches @ chris@kingfield.org.

Kingfield Empty Bowls Sponsors

  • Baker's Field Flour and Bread
  • Seward Coop
  • Clancey's Meats and Fish
  • Curran's
  • Apoy
  • Cafe Ena
  • gigi's cafe
  • Kyatchi
  • Lake Country School
  • La Fresca
  • The Lowbrow
  • Nighthawks
  • Sunstreet Breads
  • Victor's 1959 Cafe
  • Breadsmith Edina
  • Butter Bakery Cafe