Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Minneapolis Organics Recycling Training

The Minneapolis Organics Recycling Training Sessions will be held on April 9 with either a morning or afternoon training session option.  In the morning at Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Park from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. or there is an afternoon session at Folwell Park from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.  You can RSVP to Kellie Kish,.

We will review what can and cannot be accepted in organics recycling, offer several tips to make organics recycling easy for you and your neighbors, and the City’s organics recycling processor will explain the composting process.  We’ll also be launching our Recycling Block Leader program and offering free kitchen organics collection pails to all attendees.

The event is free and open to the public so please share the word!  Here is a link to the event flyer

MLK Donation Garden Kick-Off Event

 

This special Garden Kick-off Event will take place at The Aliveness Project (3808 Nicollet) in the 2nd floor community room. The event includes a tasting, a brief nutrition presentation, a prize drawing, and the opportunity to meet Hennepin County Master Gardener and Kingfield neighbor Mollie Dean.

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Hands-On Gardening Sessions at the ‘MLK Donation Garden’
Wed 6:30 – 8 PM, on the 3rd week of each month 
Beginning Apr 20, 2016 through Sep 14, 2016

Regular Class Sessions will include: Hennepin County Master Gardeners will guide you through an entire vegetable growing season until harvest time, addressing all your home garden questions. Sessions will feature hands-on activities working the common communal plot at the park. At the first meeting, participants and Master Gardeners together will determine a schedule for helping in the garden at times outside the scheduled sessions. Produce grown will benefit the food shelf at the Aliveness Project, a nonprofit organization serving community members living with HIV/AIDS.

In order to register for this FREE class visit www.minneapolisparks.org or phone the park at 612-370-4908, or attend the Kick-off event on 3/9!

Lakewood Cemetery Open House & Architecture Tour

Held in Lakewood’s Garden Mausoleum. See map (PDF)

  • Guided tours of the award-winning Lakewood Garden Mausoleum, winner of the 2014 American Institute of Architects Honor Award for Architecture (1:15, 1:45 & 2:15 p.m.)
  • Screening of Lakewood’s historical documentary, “A Haven in the Heart of the City” (drop-in, video will be on rotation in the lower level)
  • Lakewood experts available to answer questions about history, art and more
  • Complimentary refreshments

 Questions? Call 612-822-2171 or go to lakewoodcemetery.com

Early Morning with Elizabeth: Biking and Equity

 

With a city-wide protected bikeway plan, an expanding list of streets with bicycle lanes, and creative plans for modifying streets to better serve walkers and bicyclists, bicycling opportunity for casual riders is on the rise in Minneapolis.

At the same time, bicycle advocates are challenged to identify how bicycling infrastructure engages the interest and attention of people of color and women and how plans for change don’t further gentrification, but benefit communities that most deserve investment. [Read more…]