Kingfield Neighborhood Association

GOTV Signs Popping Up in Kingfield!

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Sign up to host a Kingfield Get Out the Vote yard sign today!  https://forms.gle/7kxHfy78VqeFoDNC6

Also please tell us why you are voting in 2020 in a single hopeful, forward-looking sentence. If there is more than one reason please submit more than one form! http://bit.ly/IamVotingBecause

Statements are being collected by the Kingfield Neighborhood Association and may be used by neighborhood volunteers involved with national and local Get Out the Vote (GOTV) non-partisan, letter-writing campaigns or on local social media. All responses will remain anonymous UNLESS you click the box that we can share you name.

 

Join the Kingfield Walk of Gardens on Thursday July 9

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Plan your walking/biking route! 28 gardens will be open for public viewing, hosted by their resident, passionate gardeners this Thursday 6-8 PM. Additionally at least five musical groups will also be out on their porches participating in On Thursday We Sing, and serenading you along the route.

Donations for taking part in the event be given to The Donation Garden at MLK Park. This community garden is an important source of fresh food that is used to supplement daily meals for Aliveness Project clients living with HIV/AIDS, and also to support their food shelf. Dollars raised over what the garden needs this year to rebuild their garden beds will be donated to this important Kingfield partner. Donating is as easy as texting the words ‘Garden Tour’ to 44-321, which then sends you a reply text to click on to go to the KFNA donation page AND automatically directs your donation to this project.

Both a map and the garden descriptions are now published in the event found here: https://kingfield.org/event/kingfield-walk-of-gardens/

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING regarding 4220-4230 Nicollet

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Pete Keely has submitted the following applications for a 5-story multiple-family dwelling with 47 dwelling units located at 4220-4230 Nicollet Ave:

  • Rezoning the property at 4220 Nicollet Ave from the R2B Multiple-Family District to the OR2 High Density Office Residence District, and the property at 4230 Nicollet Ave from the OR1 Neighborhood Office Residence District to the OR2 High Density Office Residence District.
  • Conditional use permit to increase the maximum height of a principal structure.
  • Variance to reduce the minimum yard requirements along the east/front property line adjacent to Nicollet Ave.
  • Variance to reduce the minimum yard requirements along the north and south interior side property lines.
  • Site plan review.

The City Planning Commission will meet on Monday, July 6, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. During the declared local public health emergency, Minneapolis has transitioned to an electronic format for its public meetings and hearings, authorized under Minn. Stat. Section 13D.021, to minimize the risk of exposure to or potential spread of COVID-19. The public may view the public hearing using the following options: Watch on Comcast Channel 14 or 799, CenturyLink Channel 8001 or 8501, or live on www.minneapolismn.gov/tv/citycounciltv.   

In accordance with the Zoning Code, all property owners within 350 feet of the subject property are notified of this public hearing.  The public may submit comments or participate by phone in the meeting by using the following website: www.minneapolismn.gov/meetings/index.htm.

If you have questions about the project, please contact the City staff person listed below.  If you would like to submit comments, you may submit them via the link above or by emailing:

Mei-Ling Smith, Senior City Planner – 250 S 4th St Room 300, Minneapolis, MN 55415

Phone (612) 673-5342 / E-mail: Mei-Ling.Smith@minneapolismn.gov.

Planning Department staff will issue a recommendation to the Planning Commission. After hearing from the public, the Planning Commission will make a determination based on required legal findings of fact. Please visit www.minneapolismn.gov/meetings/planning for the agenda with staff reports (web page will be updated by the end of the day Wednesday prior to the meeting date).

For reasonable accommodations or alternative formats please contact 612-673-3710. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can use a relay service to call 311 at 612-673-3000. TTY users call 612-673-2157 or 612-673-2626.

KFNA Redevelopment Committee Special Meeting: 4220 & 4230 Nicollet

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The Kingfield Neighborhood Association Redevelopment Committee had the opportunity to review the developer’s proposal for 4220 & 4230 Nicollet Avenue South, and the committee held a special committee meeting via Zoom to allow interested neighbors to learn about the project and ask questions of the developer, Michael Pink of Left Lane Corporation.

YouTube Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtBYAx1RkeU

Comments can be submitted to the City of Minneapolis before the July 6 Planning Committee hearing to: Mei-Ling Smith: Mei-Ling.Smith@minneapolismn.gov.

NOTICE OF A PUBLIC HEARING

Pete Keely has submitted the following applications for a 5-story multiple-family dwelling with 47 dwelling units located at 4220-4230 Nicollet Ave:

  • Rezoning the property at 4220 Nicollet Ave from the R2B Multiple-Family District to the OR2 High Density Office Residence District, and the property at 4230 Nicollet Ave from the OR1 Neighborhood Office Residence District to the OR2 High Density Office Residence District.
  • Conditional use permit to increase the maximum height of a principal structure.
  • Variance to reduce the minimum yard requirements along the east/front property line adjacent to Nicollet Ave.
  • Variance to reduce the minimum yard requirements along the north and south interior side property lines.
  • Site plan review.

The City Planning Commission will meet on Monday, July 6, 2020, at 4:30 p.m. During the declared local public health emergency, Minneapolis has transitioned to an electronic format for its public meetings and hearings, authorized under Minn. Stat. Section 13D.021, to minimize the risk of exposure to or potential spread of COVID-19. The public may view the public hearing using the following options: Watch on Comcast Channel 14 or 799, CenturyLink Channel 8001 or 8501, or live onwww.minneapolismn.gov/tv/citycounciltv.   

In accordance with the Zoning Code, all property owners within 350 feet of the subject property are notified of this public hearing.  The public may submit comments or participate by phone in the meeting by using the following website: www.minneapolismn.gov/meetings/index.htm.

If you have questions about the project, please contact the City staff person listed below.  If you would like to submit comments, you may submit them via the link above or by emailing:

Mei-Ling Smith, Senior City Planner – 250 S 4th St Room 300, Minneapolis, MN 55415

Phone (612) 673-5342 / E-mail: Mei-Ling.Smith@minneapolismn.gov.

Planning Department staff will issue a recommendation to the Planning Commission. After hearing from the public, the Planning Commission will make a determination based on required legal findings of fact. Please visit www.minneapolismn.gov/meetings/planning for the agenda with staff reports (web page will be updated by the end of the day Wednesday prior to the meeting date).

For reasonable accommodations or alternative formats please contact 612-673-3710. People who are deaf or hard of hearing can use a relay service to call 311 at 612-673-3000. TTY users call 612-673-2157 or 612-673-2626.

Let’s Get Uncomfortable; a Space to Talk About Race and Being Anti-Racist | June 28 at 1 PM in MLK Park

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Sunday June 28, 1 PM, MLK Park (outdoors, north side of building)

Registration Required (limited to 25 participants)

Led by Danger Boat Productions, co-hosted by KFNA

More info and registration here.

Looking for a place to start? Join us on June 23 (SOLD OUT) and June 25 via Zoom at 7pm Central Time and June 28 at MLK Park (with COVID-19 precautions taken) in Minneapolis at 1pm CT for a welcoming space to talk about race and what it means to put being anti-racist into practice.

Racism is everybody’s problem. For too long, the responsibility to understand and dismantle racism has fallen on communities of color. As white people, we may have recognized the world is stacked unfairly against our BIPOC friends, but then we asked them to do all the education, footwork and problem solving on it.

That ends now. It’s well past time for white people to do more of their own learning, growing, and dismantling. We want to help. Let’s do our part. [Read more…]

Kingfield Restaurants

currently open for take-out
(more info available here)

  • Tap Society
  • Sunstreet Breads
  • Royal Grounds
  • Rincon 38
  • Revival
  • Patisserie 46
  • Nighthawks
  • The Lowbrow
  • Hola Arepa
  • Grand Cafe
  • Good Times Pizza
  • Five Watt Coffee
  • Young Man
  • Dave The Pie Guy
  • Curran's
  • Cocina Latina
  • Cafe Ena
  • Butter Bakery Cafe
  • Boludo Empanadas
  • Apoy