Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Spread Some Love to Our Local Seniors this Valentine’s Day!

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Stop into either Butter Bakery Café or Royal Grounds Coffee this week and drop off a Valentine’s Day card written for 1 of our 100 community’s senior citizens that have Meals on Wheels delivered to their house each day. Meals on Wheels delivers food in our community to individuals who can benefit from home-delivered meals with a focus on older adults and people with disabilities.

Don’t have an extra Valentine’s Day card lying around your house? Stop by Digs and pick one up or take one of ours from next to the basket.  Just fill it out while you enjoy a treat and warm beverage from your local coffee shop and drop it into the basket for KFNA to collect!

Got extra Valentine’s Day cards laying around your house? Bring a few extras for neighbors to write! Remember, we need 100 in total!

KFNA will collect these cards on Sunday February 12th and get them to our neighborhood Meals on Wheels coordinator to put into their Tuesday lunch box!  Visit here to learn more about who Meals on Wheels serves, how affordable it is with the price based upon the need of the individual, and how to sign up for meals or to volunteer.

Team up with KFNA as we Tackle Hunger at our Annual Kingfield Empty Bowls event!

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Sunday February 12, 10:30 AM-2:00 PM

4101 Harriet Ave. S, Judson Church

Visit and share the Facebook event with your neighbors and friends!

Join us for SOUPer Bowl Sunday pregame event on Sunday February 12th at Judson Church. A suggested $25 donation gets you a handmade bowl, as well as delicious soup, bread, and desserts from local restaurants including Apoy, The LowBrow, Butter Bakery Café, Clancey’s, Petit Leon, Patisserie 46, Victor’s 1959 Café, Kyatchi, and more!

Proceeds benefit Nicollet Square, a project of Beacon Interfaith Housing and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association.

Want to volunteer? Visit here!

Want to support this event as a sponsor? Contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director.

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!

 Reminder: Today, join us for the Inaugural Kingfield Holidazzle!

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 Join us for the Inaugural Kingfield Holidazzle!

Saturday, December 10th   5:30 PM

Honoring Jim and Joanne from Royal Ground coffee shop

In the spirit of good fun and community building, let’s dress in lights and holiday cheer and have a mini Holidazzle parade (for those not familiar with the winter Minneapolis celebration, watch this video   https://tinyurl.com/bdfam8yp).

In addition to the fun, let’s take a moment to thank Jim + Joanne, the owners of the Royal Grounds coffee shop. After 12 years of incredible service to our community, Jim and Joanne are moving on to a new chapter.  While the shop will be left in good hands, let’s gather together and toast these stalwarts of our neighborhood.

Here’s the plan:

  1. Dress up your clothing, bike, stroller, etc. in LIGHTS, wear a COSTUME, and bring your smiles (see photo below).  Dress warmly as we will be outside.
  2. Bring your own cup of coffee, cocoa, or libation of your choice (the coffee shop will be closed).
  3. Meet at Royal Grounds at 5:30 p.m. to raise a glass + toast to Jim & Joanne
  4. Leave the coffee shop at 6 p.m. for a parade down Grand Avenue to 46th
  5. Hang with your neighbors afterward at Tap Society or Cafe Ena or go home

Kids, grown-ups, + pets are all welcome! 

South Nicollet Pollinator Pathway Project (P3) Update

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5 community sites + 45 residential sites along the South Nicollet Corridor have been selected to receive Native Pollinator Gardens (including financial support and expert guidance from local Master Gardeners!)

Is your site one of them? If so, please complete the Participation Agreement that you were emailed and make your donation to secure your participation in the project here by September 29!

Residential Participation Fee
$10-30, depending on household income.

Community Site Participation Fee
Suggested between $100-500, depending on organization size.

Additional donations to support this project are welcome!

Pay participation fee

Remember! All neighbors are welcome to join us at the September 29th, P3 Educational Forum at 6:30-8 PM, at Solomon’s Porch, 100 West 46th Street, Minneapolis.   University of Minnesota Extension Master Gardeners and volunteer landscaping experts will present information on how to plan, implement and maintain pollinator habitat for the Rusty Patched Bumble Bee (and its 450+ pollinator friends). Join us and learn how you can help expand our network of pollinator habitats and save our state bee.