Residential Organics Drop-Off is Coming to MLK Park on May 12th!
Organizing Workshop Tuesday May 12, 6-7:30 PM
MLK Park Multipurpose room, 4055 Nicollet
(Bring your organic waste with you and leave it on site!)
By Ceugant
By Ceugant
Organizing Workshop Tuesday May 12, 6-7:30 PM
MLK Park Multipurpose room, 4055 Nicollet
(Bring your organic waste with you and leave it on site!)
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The Kingfield Neighborhood Association, in partnership with the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board and Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling, is proud to announce the opening of a residential organics drop-off at Martin Luther King, Jr. Park. On May 12th, from 6 – 7:30 PM, an educational meeting/workshop will be held at the park for residents to learn more about the drop-off and the citywide organics recycling program. Bring your questions for the city’s recycling coordinator who will be present, and bring your organics, as the new drop-off carts will be on site for the meeting!
Residential organics include all food waste (including food you shouldn’t compost in a backyard bin), food-soiled and non-recyclable paper, and other compostable materials such as coffee grounds and filters, cotton swabs, dryer lint, and popsicle sticks. Yard waste and pet waste are not accepted. Residents must drop off their organic materials in a compostable bag (made of paper or certified compostable plastic). Larger items such as pizza boxes and wax-coated boxes do not need to be bagged.
The drop-off will be open to all Minneapolis residents at no cost. For the first several weeks, the drop-off will have designated hours (Tuesdays evenings and Saturday mornings) when volunteers will be on site to answer questions, train new participants, and gather some information from residents using the drop-off.
For more information on the MLK Park drop-off or other residential organics drop-offs and the citywide organics recycling program roll-out, visit minneapolismn.gov/organics or contact KFNA’s director at
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NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2015 Time: 1:30 p.m. or shortly thereafter
Place: Minneapolis City Hall, Room 317, 350 South 5th Street, Minneapolis MN, 55415
Purpose: To present information and solicit comments for the application from Nighthawks for an On Sale Wine with Strong Beer, Class E and a Sidewalk Café license. If approved, they intend to operate a full service restaurant serving wine and strong beer.
Applicant’s Name (Legal Entity): Nighthawks, LLC
DBA/Trade Name: Nighthawks/Birdie@Nighthawks
Complete Address: 3753 Nicollet Avenue, Minneapolis, MN
Telephone Number: 612-248-8111
Current License(s): None
Requested License(s): On Sale Wine with Strong Beer, Class E
Nature of Entertainment: The applicant will be offering prerecorded music and TV. There will be no live entertainment.
Off Street Parking: The Zoning Administrator has determined that five off street parking spaces are required. They have met this requirement
You are invited to attend, express your opinions, and/or submit such in writing. Please use the next page to make written comments or contact License Inspector Julie Casey at or 612-673-3905.
Information in Other Languages: Yog xav paub tshaj nos ntxiv, hu 612-673-2800. Macluumaad dheeri ah, kala soo xiriir 612-673-3500. Para mas información llame al 612-673-2700.
By Ceugant
Reprinted from MinnPost
As the city rolls out its curbside organics recycling system, it is only able to serve about a quarter of the city in Phase 1. Those are the residents who can begin putting organics in new bins for regular city collection starting in August. The map released this morning shows those areas in green. Â See more:Â https://www.minnpost.com/politics-policy/2015/03/map-which-minneapolis-neighborhoods-are-getting-organics-recycling-first
You can see the map on MinnPost…sadly Kingfield will have to wait until 2016. Boo!Â
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Printed via the Minneapolis 8th Ward Council Newsletter. Â
The new Clean Energy Partnership Board will hold its first meeting in February. This first-of-its-kind City-utility partnership will have the City of Minneapolis, Xcel Energy and CenterPoint Energy collaborating in new ways to help Minneapolis achieve its clean energy goals, including making energy more affordable and reliable for everyone while increasing energy efficiency, increasing renewable energy and reducing greenhouse gases.Â
The first board meeting will be 2-4 p.m., Wednesday, Feb. 4. The board members are Mayor Betsy Hodges, City Council Member Elizabeth Glidden, City Council Member Kevin Reich and City Coordinator Spencer Cronk for the City of Minneapolis; Laura McCarten, Regional Vice President, and Lee Gabler, Director of Demand-side Management and Renewable Operations for Xcel Energy; and Joe Vortherms, Vice President of Gas Operations, and Jeff Daugherty, Director of Regulatory Affairs, for CenterPoint Energy. City Council Member Cam Gordon is an alternate for the City of Minneapolis.
At this first quarterly meeting, along with setting its schedule and adopting bylaws, the board will also establish an Energy Vision Advisory Committee. The board will begin accepting applications from the public for the committee in the weeks following this first board meeting, so look for more information on this opportunity. The Energy Vision Advisory Committee will provide feedback on the board’s work plan and performance reports, and provide expertise or represent their Minneapolis communities.
You can find more information about the Clean Energy Board, and follow its progress, here.