Kingfield Neighborhood Association

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  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.

Boomerang Bags November Kingfield Sewing Bee

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!

Capacitación gratuita sobre el censo estadounidense este sábado en el Waite House

¡El censo del 2020 se aproxima! Este sábado, 2 de noviembre, de 10 a.m. a 12 p.m. Mariano Espinoza, especialista de asuntos latinos de la Ciudad de Minneapolis, enseñará todo lo que uno debe saber para participar en este importante deber cívico. Reserva tu espacio por correo electrónico: .

Census train-the-trainer in Spanish this Saturday

Latino Community Specialist Mariano Espinoza is leading a Spanish-language train-the-trainer session on Nov. 2 at the Waite House from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. All Spanish-speaking community members are welcome to attend. RSVP via email to .

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Also: Census 2020 is Hiring

Every ten years, the U.S. Census Bureau is responsible for conducting the nationwide census. While the next census itself will be taken in 2020, the Census Bureau is already recruiting to fill important positions. Thousands of Americans will be employed as Census Takers throughout the country. Bilingual speakers are needed!

 To learn more and apply for flexible positions in your own neighborhood visit www.2020census.gov/jobs