Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Thank you to the Kingfield and Lyndale History Hounds!

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Thank you to the dozen volunteers who have been sorting paper and scouring old news stories about our neighborhoods these past two months.  These History Hounds are helping to clear out the file cabinets, so that both Lyndale and Kingfield’s historic documents can be included in the the collection that the Hennepin Library Archivists are putting together. When completed, this collection will show the breadth and value of neighborhood actions and activities and how it has shaped Minneapolis over the last 30 years.

Our History Hounds are a talented bunch, but many also have a history of their own in archival documentation, or they are simply self-proclaimed trivia-history nerds!

Want to get involved? There is more room at the table (or more correctly, in the basement file-room) for a few more History Hounds. Just contact Nicole at to set a time to come dig through a box of papers!

Kingfield Safe Streets April Meeting Notes

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Notes from our April 5 meeting can be found in the attachment.
April 5 Kingfield Safe Streets

Next meeting: Sunday, May 3 at Noon-1:30pm via Zoom.

Tentative agenda: Report out on Issue Areas and revisit COVID-19 impact conversation and considerations of advocacy for City streets to implement increased traffic calming measures and/or close/partially close in order to provide additional social distancing public spaces.

All are welcome: We welcome new volunteers at anytime and all are welcome to attend our meetings. Let us know if you are interested in joining any of the 5 issue teams:

  • 1st Ave Mill & Overlay
  • Whittier/Lyndale Bikeway
  • Grand Ave/Pleasant Ave Bikeway
  • Crossings: Crosswalks, Lyndale, Casa Crossing
  • Lower speed limit in neighborhood

Or if you are interested in other volunteer opportunities with this group. 

Contact Kingfield VP at .

Summer Soccer Camp for Little Kids

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Celebrate the 10th Year of Fundamental soccer at MLK Park–started in 2002 with NRP funding from the Kingfield Neighborhood Association, this program has introduced 100’s of neighborhood children to the sport! 

ML King Park
4055 Nicollet Ave S 55409
612-370-4908
$20.00 (resdient)
$30.00 (non-resident)

What: Fundamental Soccer Program
Who:  Boys and Girls 4 -12 years
When: Saturdays, June 18th – August 20th  
10:00 –11:15am
Where: King Park – Diamond #1 (42nd Ave)

Register online at: www.minneapolisparks.org and follow the link to ActiveNet Program Registration (under the “Quick Links” column)

FUNDAMENTAL SOCCER FLYER 2011

KFNA Board Recommends NRP Phase I Plan Modification

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Recommended Modification presented to the community for vote at the:
KFNA Annual Meeting
April 18, 7 PM
MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South

The KFNA Board of Directors has discussed and approved the following Plan Modification to the NRP Phase I Plan.  The committee asks that the community approve this Plan Modifications, as is required by NRP Policy.

NRP Plan Phase I Modification:

Move all Phase I dollars remaining (approximately $145,000) for “redevelopment projects”  on Strategies 2.3.1.3 and 2.1.2.2 to Phase II Housing Staff Strategy 1.4.11.  At this time it is deemed prudent to move all Phase I NRP dollars into active Phase II contracts.  The intent of moving these dollars to this strategy is to contract them on the Non-personnel line so they can be accessed easily for future, not-yet-identified, redevelopment projects.

Questions?  Please contact:
Sarah Linnes-Robinson,
Executive Director
Kingfield Neighborhood Association
/ 612.823.5980

Legislation to Un-Freeze NRP Funds Being Drafted Now

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There is a proposed legislative action to restore Minneapolis neighborhood’s full NRP funding.  Bills are being proposed in the State House and Senate but, representatives and senators will want to know if neighborhood residents really support the action requested.  If you are interested in learning the actual language of this legislation and potentially supporting this action, please contact your representatives and senators.  Contact information is attached.  MN Legislature Minneapolis Delegation House & Senate 2011.   Committees will be reviewing the bill as soon as Monday 3/14/11. 

The City’s seizure of already allocated NRP funds does not fix the problem of the city’s budget problems, nor is it fair to property owners. This action disproportionately penalizes neighborhoods most in need of their NRP funds, while providing the greatest tax relief in neighborhoods with the highest incomes.  See the maps that show this here.

— Sarah Linnes-Robinson, Executive Director,
Kingfield Neighborhood Association