Grand Avenue Reconstruction

May 7, 2021 By Sarah

The City will be reconstructing Grand Ave between 48^th St W and Lake St W. The segment between 48^th St W and 38^th St W will be reconstructed in 2021 (beginning between 46^th St W and 38^th St). Work between 38^th St W and Lake St W will be done in 2022.

The segment between 46^th St W and 38^th St W has been closed and Metro Transit has detoured to Nicollet.

Additional information and updates on this project are available at the City’s web site

If you have any questions or concerns about this improvement project, please contact Beverly Warmka, Project Manager at 612-673-3762. You can also reach out to the Peter Behnk, Construction Engineer at 612-772-3883 or Chief Field Inspector on the Project, Iskandar Umar, at 612-368-5668. [Read more…]

The Chauvin Trial is Over but The Conversation Isn’t

April 21, 2021 By Sarah

As part of Kingfield’s 100 Days of Community, you are invited to participate in a facilitated circle dialogue following the announcement of the Chauvin trial verdict. Indicate your interest in participating in the circle here: bit.ly/324QgLv. Now that the verdict has been delivered, you will be notified of the date and time of the circle. Registration is limited.

About the Facilitator: Jean Greenwood is a Yukon-trained circle keeper and mediator living in Kingfield since 1991. She is an Associate of the Center for Restorative Justice & Peacemaking at University of MN, and a mediator for the MN Department of Education in special education cases. Jean has been involved in restorative justice for over 25 years, as trainer, facilitator, researcher, and has designed and facilitated dialogue circles for organizations, faith communities, and families.

Actions to Promote Peace in Kingfield: Make the Effort to Reach Out and Meet Your Neighbors

April 19, 2021 By Sarah

Dear Kingfield Neighbors—

We all know this year has been heartbreaking and gut-wrenching. From Covid 19 to civil unrest, on top of political divisions and the personal concerns we all carry…it has been a long hard year. Although some of us are familiar with the patterns of oppression we are seeing now, others of us are recognizing for the first time the systemic racism and bigotry within our country. It’s horrifying, yet this moment gives us a necessary opportunity to learn and grow. Many of us are on edge and frightened, but sometimes in our efforts to protect ourselves and those we know and love, we end up causing harm to others. More often than not, that harm falls on people of color, many of whom are our neighbors.

One of the best ways to protect ourselves, and our entire community, is to get to know one another by name, knowing each other’s comings and goings, kids, roommates, and cars. This way we can watch out FOR each other, as opposed to watching in fear to protect ourselves. Please take this message as a reminder that as our nerves are jangled, we need to be even more careful about checking the implicit biases we all carry in us.

Suggested Approach if you see someone you don’t recognize:

“Hi, we haven’t met. My name is _______________. I live (down the block, across the street, etc.).”

As opposed to “Who are you? What are you doing here? Etc.”

In these very challenging times, please take the time to reach out to those around you and get to know each other. Coming together is the only way our community is going to make it through this difficult time.

Thank you for being bold, patient, and kind with each other–

Sarah Linnes-Robinson,

Executive Director, Kingfield Neighborhood Association

No curfew in Minneapolis tonight: 10 PM Curfew in Brooklyn Center

April 14, 2021 By Sarah

There will not be a curfew in Minneapolis tonight, April 14. Leave 911 open for emergencies. Call 612-673-5335 with tips about suspicious activity in Minneapolis that do not require an immediate response.

If you plan to attend vigils or protests tonight please have a safety plan and note curfew in Brooklyn Center is at 10 PM- 6 AM. To be safe please attend with a friend and designate a meeting place if you get separated, let another friend or your family know where you are going, write your name and number and an emergency contact’s name and number on your arm. Also bring your cell phone, a mobile charger, a good quality face mask, water, your ID, safety goggles, a small amount of cash , and a basic first aid kit for your use to assist others. (See the attached image and feel free to copy and share this with your friends and family.)

Stay aware of your surroundings and have an exit strategy. And above all else know your rights and be prepared to state them loudly and calmly.

Little Kickers Soccer Program: summer 2021

April 13, 2021 By Sarah

Located at MLK Park, in the field near Nicollet Ave. & 42nd Street
Fun Soccer Games Program for Young Children – Ages 4-8

Wednesdays: starting June 23 and continuing through August 18, 6:15-7:30 PM

$20 a season for Minneapolis residents

Register here: https://apm.activecommunities.com/minneapolisparks/Activity_Search/112885

Contact or call 612-370-4908 for assistance.

This summer, on Wednesday evenings from 6:15 to 7:30 PM, on the grass of ML King field #1, the Minneapolis Park Board and the Kingfield Neighborhood Association will again host a program for 4- through 8-year old boys and girls, of all nationalities and backgrounds. The program is designed around soccer basics and soccer balls, and lots of action. But the highest priority of the program is that the kids have fun; have fun playing games with soccer balls, and want to come back the next week, enthusiastically, to play the games with soccer balls again.

If you can imagine; dads, moms, aunts, uncles, and grandparents, (you!); joining in to play the games with your 6-year-old son, your 4-year-old daughter, and the the other 15-20 kids in their age-group, on the field. The adults are regularly invited to join in games kicking the soccer balls, and pretending with the kids for: “Ouch!”, “Allegators”, “Go Get It”, “Islands”, “Bandits”, and “Buffalo Hunter”. There is the occasional soccer scrimmage for the older groups at the end of session, but mostly it’s about teaching soccer through these other, “silly”, games.

The Little Kickers Program uses these little-kid teaching-games, led by 2 or 3 parent-coaches trained in a bunch of the games, to groups of a dozen to 20, or so, 4-year-olds, 5-6 year-olds, and 7-8 year-olds. The games are about teaching skills and behaviors core to soccer, but the games are generally not soccer games, and we don’t do “drills”, we don’t form organized teams for the summer, and parents don’t commit to being team soccer coaches for the summer. Parent coaches don’t need to be athletes, nor need to have experience playing organized soccer.

If you want to be one of the “Official” parent coaches, we will provide training in June at a two-hour games-learning session from a one of several college-level soccer coaches who actually use these games in their professional roles, working with their upper level youth programs and their college varsity soccer teams. But they are fun, kid games. Not serious soccer drills.

Interested? Send and email to Michael Vanderford, at .

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