Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Primary Voting Day in Kingfield Neighborhood

Please note, it is confirmed that MLK Park will be a voting location for the Primary and General election in 2020, if you prefer to vote in person. Precincts will be combined into the gym and social distancing will maintained so please allow extra time.

Regarding Absentee Ballots: Your returned ballot must be postmarked on or before Election Day (August 11, 2020) and received by your county by the day before the county canvass (which may take place on the second or third day following the election.) Your ballot will not count if it is received after the deadline. Return your ballot by mail or package delivery service (such as FedEx or UPS). You can also return your ballot in person no later than 3 p.m. on Election Day to the election office that sent your ballot. You can drop off ballots for up to three other voters. You will need to show  identification with name and signature when returning a ballot for someone else.

Find out more here

Due to COVID-19, and the complications of sharing food and drinks, KFNA regrets to inform you we will not be hosting a Polling Party during the August 11 election for the first time in a half-dozen years. But we will see you at the Park on November 3rd!

Kingfield Farmers’ Market Food and Supply Drive

Farmers Market Food Drive: Feed the Need! Every week customers buy extra produce and other market goods to be donated through Twin Cities Food Justice to food shelves, senior housing, and other facilities throughout the Twin Cities to get high quality food to those who don’t have access to it. Buy some extra when you come to do your weekly shop and drop it off at the info tent.

Community Supply Drive: We are also accepting unopened diapers, dish soap, and laundry detergent. At this time these are the only additional items we can accept.

Grocery Distribution Event for All Households In-Need

Organized by Incarnation Church/Sagrado de Corazon

38th & Pleasant (SW corner)

If you are experiencing, or anticipating, a shortage of grocery staples in the coming week, please know you are invited to participate in the Incarnation/Sagrado de Corazon Grocery Distribution Event. Intended for low-income households, or those that have difficulties accessing food, there is no cost to participate. Enough groceries will be available to provide food-security for the coming week to 1200 families. Zip codes will be collected at the event to allow for increased food distribution at this location in the coming weeks.

Participants are asked to arrive by car, if possible. Four lanes will be formed and be directed to enter the parking lot from Pleasant Avenue. Boxes of groceries will be placed directly in your car by volunteers. Each box contains enough calories of food to feed a family of four for an entire week. Much of the food is dried or canned so will be shelf-stable. There is also a walk-up and bike lane.

If you are interested in supporting this outreach you can make direct financial donations to the Incarnation COVID-19 Food Shelf at this link: http://bit.ly/IncarnationFoodShelf

Virtual Public Safety Town Hall

Hosted by Ward 8 CM Andrea Jenkins

This virtual town hall meeting is an opportunity to engage with Chief Arradondo about the status of MPD and its protocol for responding to gun shots and violent crime in the area and how we transition to other forms of response, particularly for nonviolent offenses and preventing violent crime, that don’t perpetuate further harm in our communities from MPD. We have invited the Director of our Office of Violence Prevention, Sasha Cotton, for this purpose. Sasha’s office is increasing its funding, capacity and work of violence interruption outreach workers.

How to Participate:  You can join online or by phone.

KFNA Redevelopment Special Meeting regarding 4207 Nicollet

On Zoom (To get the code to attend the meeting please email and put ‘4207 Nicollet Meeting’ in the subject line. A link will be sent to you within 24 hours of the meeting date.)

The Kingfield Neighborhood Association Redevelopment Committee had the opportunity to review the developer’s multi-unit housing proposal for 4207 Nicollet Avenue South, and the committee is holding a special committee meeting via Zoom to allow interested neighbors to learn about the project and ask questions of the developer, Alex Gese.

From the developer: Proposed is a five story, 82 unit building on the southeast corner of 42nd and Nicollet; currently home to Curran’s restaurant.  Our goal in designing and developing the building was to recognize and adopt the principles of the City’s 2040 plan, which includes guidance for more housing density in this location, among others throughout the city.  The building will consist of a mix of units ranging from studios to three bedroom units, with a current mix of 29 studios, 37 one bedrooms, 10 two bedrooms, and six three bedroom units.  The developer supports the City’s new inclusionary zoning policy, and is working with the city to determine which of the various affordability options is the best fit, 

In any case, we have a goal of delivering a building to the marketplace with rents that are more competitive than typical “market rate” buildings, in order to be financially accessible to as many people as possible.  The building will have a community room and fitness/wellness facility, and possibly a small retail component aimed at providing a convenient food and beverage to-go service to both building tenants and the neighborhood.  Construction is planned for a spring 2021 start, and late spring early summer 2022 conclusion.  Architects are Tushie Montgomery Architects, and the building will be constructed by LS Black Constructors.  Both are locally based companies.

KFNA knows that the community is currently very interested in affordable and increased housing options in our community. Although it would be the committee’s preference to hold this meeting in person, due to COVID safety procedures and a lack of meeting spaces open that will allow for social distancing at this time, this virtual meeting will need to suffice.

Please submit project questions BEFORE the meeting so we can ask him, and the project architects, to cover them in the presentation. For questions, please email and put ‘4207 Nicollet Meeting’ in the subject line. To get the code to attend the meeting please email and put ‘4207 Nicollet Meeting’ in the subject line. KFNA will respond and email you the link to join the meeting within 24 hours of the meeting date. If you have emailed questions about the project as outlined above, we will be sending you the meeting link as well.