Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Kingfield Community: Our Outdoor Oven Opening Celebration!

Kingfield’s Pleasant Community Garden is located adjacent to  the Center for Performing Arts, 3754 Pleasant Ave. S.

The oven will be hot (literally 800 degrees of hot!) and we will be baking pizza for neighbors to sample. Wander on down and enjoy a slice at this first official oven event! Enjoy live music by Cotton Robinson from 6:30-7:30 followed by the soulful disc spinning of Eric, a guy with a traveling turntable and a record collection that just won’t quit!

Bring your own lawn chair or picnic blanket. Also feel free to pack your own reusable plate, utensils, and beverage, or we will have compostable tableware for those who need it.

This is a No Cost event–free will donations will be accepted.

More details and photos here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1779751678970132/ [Read more…]

Voter Registration Door Knocking in Kingfield

Join the City of Minneapolis’ Election & Voter Services on Friday Sept 30 to door knock in Kingfield to register neighbors to vote on November 8 and make sure they know where to do so!

Led by Luz Francisco, City Specialist with Election & Voter Services, door knocking  will take place between 5-7 PM and will be conducted in both Spanish and English.  Join Luz at MLK Park between 4:30-5:00 for a brief training, depart together to door knock, and return to the park at 7 PM for a wrap-up.

Questions?  Contact 

Community traffic meeting regarding parking and transportation issues from 42nd to 46th Streets & East of Nicollet Avenue

 

On July 28, residents gathered to discuss vehicle and pedestrian safety concerns with a focus on First Avenue between 42nd and 46th Street. Neighbors identified many areas of concern including safe pedestrian crossings at 42nd Street, heavy traffic near the business intersection of 43rd and Nicollet, delivery trucks on residential streets, and concerns with speeding and erratic traffic. City staff agreed to review concerns and gather data from measurements of traffic speed and frequency.

Please join us on September 28 for a meeting with public works staff and Council Member Glidden to review collected data and discuss next steps.

Wheels will spin & clay will fly: Get ready for the 2nd Annual Kingfield Empty Bowls Throwdown!

In partnership with Uptown Clay.

Experienced ceramic artists, come join the fun! Uptown Clay (formerly Fire on the Greenway) is providing the space, wheels, and clay for this single-day throwdown. The goal is to make 200 bowls for the February Kingfield Empty Bowls event, a fundraiser held in February to benefit Nicollet Square, a supportive place for formerly homeless youth.  Trimmers needed for Sunday, as well!

Don’t know how to throw? Come anyway, and watch the wheels spin and the clay fly! There will be things to nibble and sip, and a chance to chat with the artists about their work while browsing the studio as they get ready for their annual holiday sale coming December 2-4. You can also paint a bowl for Kingfield’s February 2017 Empty Bowls event!

Ceramic artists: To reserve a wheel for a throwing shift on Saturday, October 15th, send a request to Jon Loer at and copy Benjamin Krikava at . To commit to coming and trimming on Sunday please contact just Jon at .  Questions can be directed to Benjamin at 612.327.5274.

If you are a ceramic artist and cannot join the throwdown but still want to donate bowls, we are happy to accept your donation and arrange a pickup. For donations and more answers to questions about the Kingfield Empty Bowls event or the throwdown, please contact KFNA’s Executive Director, Sarah Linnes-Robinson, at 612.823.5980 or .

Kingfield Community Crime & Safety Meeting: Addressing issues of Mobile Drug Dealing

Focused on 42nd to 46th Streets & East of Nicollet Avenue (but open to anyone with concerns)

On July 28, residents gathered to discuss vehicle and pedestrian safety concerns with a focus on First Avenue between 42nd and 46th Street. Concerns were also raised at this meeting regarding mobile drug dealing in the area, and issues with loitering and potentially criminal behavior associated with customers of neighborhood gas stations. The Minneapolis Police Department will lead this meeting, focusing on suspected drug dealing and crime trends in the southeastern portion of our neighborhood.  Police Officers and our Crime Prevention Specialist will be on hand to provide information and explain resources that are used to combat these types of crimes.