Come meet the KFNA Board of Directors and learn about your neighborhood organization, what they do, and participate in planning for spring and summer events in your neighborhood! As usual the first 15 minutes is an open Community Forum, which is your chance to come and introduce yourself and raise any concern or question to the board. If you need more time feel free to contact KFNA Executive Director Sarah Linnes-Robinson at and ask to be scheduled for on a future meeting agenda.
Location: MLK Park, Arts & Crafts RoomÂ
In January 2017 Minneapolis Public Works installed ballards (bumpouts) at the intersection of 43rd and Nicollet to help increase pedestrian safety at that intersection.  Public works is also evaluating a potential median design at this location. Please join us to provide your feedback on the existing bumpouts/ballards, as well as reviewing median design and other information from public works. Staff from Minneapolis Public Works, KFNA, and the Ward 8 City Council Office will be in attendance.
Minneapolis Public Schools (MPS) is committed to being a safe haven for everyone. The district knows that recent current events have raised questions for some immigrant and refugee families. To offer support, MPS is joining with community partners to host two meetings to answer questions and connect families with resources both in our schools and in the community:
MPS is partnering with the Immigrant Law Center of Minnesota, the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR MN), NAVIGATE and the Somali American Parent Association (SAPA) to provide information about changing policies, legal resources and social and emotional supports available.
Find more information here.
State legislators, community organizers, and engaged residents have been active at the Capitol this session, protecting Minnesota from harmful policy and working for positive change. The State Capitol has seen hundreds of residents turn out to testify against state bills, including one that would try to remove local control of cities to pass sick time ordinances and other workplace benefits, and another that imposes severe penalties on those who choose to exercise their first amendment rights to protest.
We hope you can join us for an energizing session with Minneapolis legislators and community organizers, including Senator Jeff Hayden, Representative Frank Hornstein, Wintana Melekin, the Civic and Political Engagement Director for Neighborhoods Organizing for Change (NOC), and Chris Conry, Strategic Campaigns Director for TakeActionMN.
We will open with a welcome from activist business owner Daniel Swenson-Klatt, of Butter Bakery Café, who has testified and organized at the Capitol on issues he believes in, including the importance of improving working conditions for all.
The “Lakewood Harriet†street repaving project includes most of Kingfield Neighborhood.
The “Lakewood Harriet Projects†neighborhood meeting will be hosted by Public Works. Neighbors should have received an assessment and a project description in the mail.
If you have questions contact Larry Matsumoto at .
Also at this meeting, a plan for a 42nd/43rd Street bikeway will be presented for feedback.