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.

Kingfield Boomerang Bags, boldly working to stop plastic bag use, one shopper at a time!

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Come join us at our monthly sewing bee at our new hub at 3700 Nicollet; Butter Bakery Cafe has also signed up as a Boomerang partner and we gave them our first 12 reusable tote bags for customers to use when they have large to-go orders, especially useful in the coming season for holiday pies and treats!

The format will be causal, so drop in for as much time as you have free. Bring your own machine if you are a sewer, or just show up and help iron, cut, and pin. There will be host each month to help you start the bag-making process and get oriented to a task.

All levels of participation are welcomed, and we look forward to connecting with each other and sharing conversations about how we can all leave a lighter footprint on this beautiful earth!

Join the Kingfield Boomerang Bag Group here!

Did you know that Minnesotan’s have an extra election date this year, on March 3rd? Lots of people don’t realize that in 2016, legislation was passed establishing a presidential nomination primary. With three full elections in 2020 we will need more election judges, more pressure on employers to declare election days as holidays, and more people working to educate others about early voting options and to get your neighbors out to vote (even if there is snow on the ground on March 3rd!)

Kingfielders, come get engaged! Live or work in a different neighborhood? You’re welcome too, as we would love to talk with you about kicking off your own GOTV effort!

Join KFNA at Harriet’s on Sunday and learn more about how you can help inform your neighbors of this change and additional voting opportunity!KFNA’s GOTV (Get Out the Vote) team will buy you a soda or a beer and talk with you about your commitment to action as a GOTV Block Captain, Election Judge, Voting Booth Host, GOTV Yard Sign Distributor, or a variety of other efforts coordinated by community partners.

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