Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Conversations about Buildings and Homes

  • A  KFNA Redevelopment Meeting

KFNA Redevelopment is hosting a special meeting on Tuesday June 17 at Butter Bakery Cafeto talk about our neighborhood and the opportunities and challenges it faces to increase density. The question the committee is exploring is “what can neighbors do to help increase affordable housing options at long vacant properties near Nicollet Avenue or other primary corridors?”

At 7:30 the committee will be joined by representatives from Beacon Interfaith Housing which owns one of these properties. Beacon will update the committee on development ideas they have for the vacant lot behind Butter on 37th Street.

Feel free to join us. Contact KFNA at if you have any questions. RSVP to

MULCH!

At the MLK Donation Garden at MLK Park, 4055 Nicollet on the north side of the building

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HOW much? What kind? Why should you bother with it? Join your neighbors and Hennepin County Master Gardeners to learn the details about mulching.

Everyone is welcome. Feel free to drop in and bring your questions, tend the soil, and meet neighbors, whether weekly or whenever you can!

PorchFest Preview Party(& Merch! & Music!)

It’s a PorchFest Party at the Kingfield Farmers Market this Sunday! Stop at the KFNA Community Table to get a link to download a free Spotify PorchFest Playlist, have a glance at the map showing locations and bands, and purchase a souvenir beer coolie to support the event and keep those beer cans covered as you stroll the streets of Kingfield on June 20th!

Even the band at the Market on Sunday is in the PorchFest spirit! Come hear One Ukulele at the Market…and who will bring their Americana/Folk sound to the stage at Ascent Acupuncture during PorchFest’s 2nd shift from 7:30-9:00 PM.

Learn about Urban Arts local, art-infused summer and preschool programs

Stop at the KFNA Community Table at Sunday’s Kingfield Farmers Market and learn about Urban Arts! Located at 39thand Chicago since 1999, Urban Arts helps kids learn through an Art-Infused Learning Experience offered for students ages 3-18, including Preschool, After-school, Release Day Camps and Summer Camps.

Learn more on Sunday by speaking directly with them or by visiting here: https://www.urbanartsacademy.org

Pleasant Community Garden Wrap-Up & Pizza Event

Approximate schedule: Clean-up 10 AM -12 PM / Pizza 12-2 PM. Drop in as you can that day!

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Please join KFNA for the final garden clean-up of the Pleasant Community Garden on Saturday June 1 from 10 AM-noon, and then stay and enjoy a piece of pizza with us as a “thank you” for the help and the last decade of communal gardening in this spot.

Come take down the garden boxes, remove the bunny fencing, and help us move plants to a safer space on the property. It’s been a beautiful 10 years from breaking ground and creating this space–to breaking bread at garden dinners and the outdoor oven. Besides the basic crops, we have also grown Cascade hops, oyster mushrooms, and three generations of honey bees.  Thank you to the Center for Performing Arts for donating the land to KFNA for the past 10 years; it has been an educational, and inspirational community space.