Drop by Fuller Park to watch some pottery spin and to paint a bowl for Kingfield Empty Bowls! Fuller Park artists have pre-thrown 100 bowls for the community to come decorate and be given away at our February community dinner. These same artists will also be providing demonstrations of throwing pottery on a wheel, and providing information about Fuller’s pottery classes and Open Studio time.
Kingfield Conversation about bike, pedestrian and street “issues”/projects
The Kingfield Neighborhood Association and a group of our neighborhood board members would like to invite neighbors to a community conversation around bike, pedestrian and street “issues”/projects in our neighborhood. We will share ideas and organize around improving conditions in and around our streets.
At the event we will:
– Provide quick updates on current projects/concerns with the neighborhood
– Have a conversation around experiences with and motivations for improving bike, pedestrian and general street conditions within our neighborhood
– Organize around specific concerns + current projects
– Discuss next steps- committee structure, purpose and communications
We will provide light food/beverages and have a space/activities for kids.
To RSVP or ask question contact KFNA President Chris DesRoches at .
November KFNA Board Meeting: Agenda Update, come learn about election & Census opportunities!
Update 11/13/19, 10 AM: Just confirmed, join us at tonight’s board meeting to hear about key dates and opportunities for our neighborhood association’s involvement from Jeff Narabloom, Election Services and Alberder Gillespie, Census 2020 Coordinator! Presentation begins at 7:30 PM.
The KFNA Board’s mission is address issues, build community, and support and develop leadership. The volunteer board meets monthly to discuss community issues, including ones brought to it by members at Open Forum at the beginning of each meeting.
Also at this meeting the Board of Director will be planning 2020 events and activities, put on with the support of the broader community including such favorites as Kingfield Empty Bowls and PorchFest, as well as new events including a Sap-Tapping Pancake Breakfast. Please contact KFNA at to get involved with any of these—or come to the meeting and raise your hand!
Grand Avenue Reconstruction Open Houses
The City of Minneapolis is holding public open houses to share updates, answer questions, and collect feedback on concepts for the reconstruction of Grand Avenue S between Lake Street and 48th St W. Attendees are welcome to come and go at any time and may view a presentation:
Tuesday, November 12, 2019  6:00 – 8:00 p.m. | Presentation at 6:30 p.m.
Painter Park Recreation Center
620 W 34th St. Minneapolis, MN 55408
and
Tuesday, November 19, 2019  2:30 – 4:30 p.m. | Presentation at 3:00 p.m.
Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park Recreation Center
4055 Nicollet Ave. S Â Minneapolis, MN 55409
Visit here for more information
Minneapolis Reintroduces a Bring Your Own Bag Ordinance
City Council Member Cameron Gordon is reintroducing a Bring Your Own Bag Ordinance with a public hearing on November 18th. If you cannot attend, you can also send in testimony to  and copy the committee at: , , , , ,
Here is more info from CM Gordon:
I am moving forward, again,  with an ordinance amendment to require a 5 cent fee on both paper and plastic carry out single use bags in Minneapolis. The fee will be kept by the retailer. There will be a public hearing on the amended ordinance for Monday, November 18, at 1:30pm in City Hall room 317 where testimony will be taken and committee members may offer amendments. The full Council will then consider the ordinance at its regular meeting on November 22nd, where no public comment will be taken but amendments could be made before a final vote is taken.
The Bring Your Own Bag ordinance is a part of the City’s effort to reduce waste, littering, and other environmental impacts of single-use bags by incentivizing consumers to use reusable shopping bags through a five-cent fee on single-use plastic and paper carryout bags. This hearing will be one more step in a larger process of significant community outreach that has been done on this ordinance over the last several years.
You can find the ordinance as drafted at https://lims.minneapolismn.gov/File/2018-00134 and more information about our Zero Waste Plan and background on the Bring Your Own Bag ordinance here. I am encouraging you and anyone else who might support this effort to come speak on the 18th and/or to send in your feedback on the ordinance so it can be included in the public record.