Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Community & Developer Conversation About the Development of 3030 Nicollet (former Wells Fargo site)

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Hosted by the Lyndale Housing Committee and open for all interested neighbors.

Monday December 6, 7-8 PM,

on Zoom (Contact to get a link)

Please join us for a conversation about 3030 Nicollet, a proposed development by Project for Pride in Living at the site of the former Wells Fargo that includes 110 units of affordable housing over a rebuilt Wells Fargo branch bank and commercial condos. At this meeting we will share information about several items, including:

  • The proposed site, pocket park and exterior design

  • The shared parking lot entrance on Nicollet used by the former Wells Fargo and the businesses at One West Lake (the blue 4-story building at the SW corner of Lake and Nicollet)

  • The vision for 31st Street between Nicollet to Blaisdell

  • Commercial condo RFP targeted at local BIPOC-owned businesses

  • PPL Community Room and potential community uses

  • Sustainability features

  • Project funding and timeline

  • Any questions you have

Questions should be directed to ">Project Manager Faith Cabel Kumon.

Tree Pruning for Fruit Production

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A hands-on workshop with the U of M Department of Urban & Community Forestry and the MPLS Park & Rec Forestry Department

October 10, 1-4 PM

Space is limited to 15 attendees. A commitment to caring for and maintaining our urban community orchard in MLK Park throughout 2022 is required and this work is expected to take about 20 hours per person.

Register here!

Spend an afternoon with Eric North, Assistant Professor of Urban and Community Forestry at the U of M and in partnership with the Minneapolis Park Board Forestry Department, learning how to prune a variety of fruit trees to increase production. The goal of this workshop is to form and educate a team of Kingfield neighbors in the planting, maintenance, harvesting, and decisions involved in caring for and nurturing our urban orchard which currently includes 4 pear, 3 sour cherry, 3 plum, 6 apple, and a handful of service berry trees (and more planned to be added next spring!) [Read more…]

Where is the sun shining? On Judson Church & Preschool!

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Judson Goes Solar!
April 29 was a sunny day when Judson Church threw the switch on its newly installed rooftop solar system. The 145 solar panels arrayed over the south roof of the historic church and the flat roof of Judson Preschool at 41st and Harriet immediately began delivering its maximum 170 amps of power.
 The system is expected to provide more than half of the annual power needs of the church and the preschool, sending power back to Excel Energy on sunny days. The system was installed by Twin Cities based Sundial Energy.

A New Transit Hub: I-35W & Lake Street Station a Virtual Presentation

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Wed, April 28
A New Transit Hub: I-35W and Lake Street Station
6-7 p.m.

Join our Virtual Sips & Scoops series from the comfort of your home. Metro Transit staff will talk about the new, two-story transit facility at Lake St. and I-35W that will allow customers to board the new METRO Orange Line and I-35W express bus routes on the freeway level. It will also provide easy connections to Lake St., local bus routes and the Midtown Greenway.

This initiative is part of the 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown project between 43rd St. and 15th St. in Minneapolis. [Read more…]