Kingfield Neighborhood Association

KFNA Board Meeting Tonight 10/9/19

The KFNA Board meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month, 7 PM at MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet to plan for and oversee the events, activities of the organization, and to discuss and address issues in our community. The beginning of each meeting is a community forum, where all neighbors are welcome to come and bring a concern or question to the Board of Directors.

Feel free to attend tonight’s meeting, whether to speak, or simply listen. Tonight’s meeting does include the quarterly report from the 5th Precinct about any recent or emerging crime or safety trends.

40th Street Pedestrian Bridge Soft Opening

Swing by to watch the rush hour traffic from the new bridge while enjoying cool jazz and hot s’mores!

https://www.facebook.com/events/778762265888761/

The bridge will remain open for bike and pedestrian traffic through the winter and will be completed in the spring when the public art designed by Seitu Jones is installed. A Community Arts Celebration and Bridge Grand Opening will be held then.

Music provided by Twio; a jazz trio of young local musicians including:

  • Eli Zukor-Zimmerman: Bass
  • Jackson Wheeler: Guitar
  • August McKinney: Piano

Bring your own chair if you plan to stay a while!

This event is part of the 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown project between 43rd St. and 15th St. in Minneapolis. More info: mndot.gov/35w94

To request an ASL or foreign language interpreter or other reasonable accommodation, call Janet Miller at: 651-366-4720 or 1-800-657-3774 (Greater Minnesota) or .

38th Street Thrive! Community Design Workshop

2nd Floor Banquet Center

Facebook Event Link: https://www.facebook.com/events/2622300181125106/

Join us in planning and designing a concept for 38th Street infrastructure and future developments. This design workshop is an opportunity for us, as a community, to discuss physical and cultural attributes of 38th Street, imagine new ideas and brainstorm solutions. The concepts and ideas from this workshop will be used to establish the visioning direction for the Thirty-Eighth Street Cultural District Strategic Development Plan.

Let’s Creatively Design 38th Street Together!

Program: 6 pm to 6:30 pm – The 2nd floor Community Room will be available for attendees to walk through the “Owning Up: Racism and Housing” Exhibit before programming begins at 6:30 pm . Refreshments will be provided.

FREE Workshop on Backyard Housing (ADU’s) in Minneapolis

Everything you want to know about building backyard cottages, basement and attic apartments in Minneapolis!

Register to attend–seating is limited: Seating Limited! https://minneapolisadu.eventbrite.com

More information also on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/475491216370271/

Learn how to get started and much more! Accessory Dwelling Units (ADU) are a great way for families to provide a home to a relative, earn rental income, or downsize in their own neighborhood. Join the Family Housing Fund at our workshop to hear from architects, builders, and lenders how to design, finance, permit, and build one of your own. Our speakers will share presentations on accessory apartments they’ve built across the region and then speak with you one-on-one at booths with even more examples of their work.

Hosted by the Kingfield Neighborhood Association Redevelopment committee and the Family Housing Fund. Family Housing Fund is a Twin Cities nonprofit with a 40-year track record of partnering throughout the region to build a strong housing system that allows people, communities, and the region to prosper.

BOO-merang Bags October Sewing Bee at Butter Bakery!

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

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 large to-go orders!

You are welcome to attend any or all of three fall sessions, which will meet on the 2nd Tuesday of each month at Butter Bakery Café, 3700 Nicollet: September 17th, October 15th, and November 19th. RSVP for this FREE sewing bee.

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!

More info? Visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/BoomerangBagsMpls/.