Kingfield Neighborhood Association

Kingfield Neighborhood Kicks-Off the 2015 Block Walkers

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Wednesday April 15, 7 PM, MLK Park

Come out Wednesday, April 15th to help kick-off this year’s Kingfield Block Walkers!  Join your neighbors at MLK Park at 7pm for information about this year’s Block Walkers’ activities.  Minneapolis PD representatives will be there to help us learn how to be safe while walking through Kingfield as well as help understand areas in our area that can use some extra attention.  Whether you want to walk for exercise, to socialize, or to help keep an eye on our neighborhood, there’s a spot for you with the Kingfield Block Walkers!  Want more information?  Visit https://kingfield.org/crime-and-safety/kingfield-block-walkers/

Block Leader Training–Create a Better Organized Block!

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Monday, January 26th, 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM

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Thursday, January 29th, noon – 1:00 PM

Minneapolis Police Department’s Fifth Precinct, 3101 Nicollet Ave S, Minneapolis

Having an organized block makes everyone feel safer, and more importantly, brings neighbors closer to each other.  Anyone can be a block leader – businesses, tenants, homeowners, even building managers on blocks with huge apartment complexes. And if you aren’t ready to commit to a block but live in an apartment or condo building, you could be the contact for your building!

If you’re interested in more information on being a block leader, contact Jennifer Waisanen, the Police Department’s Crime Prevention Specialist for the Kingfield Neighborhood, for a one-on-one meeting at a coffee shop, OR attend one of the upcoming Block Leader Trainings:

Monday January 26 or Thursday January 29!

Minneapolis tops the Nation in NNO Participation!

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Thanks to incredible community support and an increase in community policing, Minneapolis has once again grabbed the trophy for top National Night Out (NNO) city in the country. It is the city’s 3rd year in a row topping the charts nationwide.

1,484 events were registered for NNO in 2014 ([including 51 in Kingfield alone!], setting a record on our City streets the night of August 5th. Attendance totaled more than 74,000 and more than 23,500 of them were kids and young adults. All told, 19% of Minneapolis’ total population participated in the celebration and 100% of city’s 83 residential neighborhoods participated this year.

“Our communities and block club leaders realize what a tremendous honor this is for our City. Our Officers and Crime Prevention Specialists certainly do. The numbers prove that we have a very strong partnership with the neighborhoods that play a huge part in helping keep our streets safe,” Minneapolis Police Chief Janeé Harteau said.

New Public Art comes to Kingfield Neighborhood today!

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Rocket Red Tulips, TorbertThree City of Minneapolis utility boxes will get wrapped in vibrant images taken by three local photographers in the neighborhood, just in time to brighten up the winter landscape! Thank you to Stephanie Torbert, Bob Shrank, and Alby Zatkof! This project has been coordinated and led by the Kingfield Neighborhood Association to deter graffiti and continue to create our community identity.

Look for today’s new boxes at 38th &1st, 38th & Blaisdell, and 40th & Nicollet. Look for up to three additional new boxes next week too!

Questions on this project should be directed to .  This project has been funded by a grant from the City of Minneapolis Department of Solid Waste and Recycling.

Swiss Chard, Zatkof

Tonight: “Let’s Move Forward”, a Community Conversation with Minneapolis Police Chief Harteau & Mayor Hodges

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October 8, 6:30-8:00 PM / Macedonia Baptist Church, 3801 1st Avenue South

Chief Janeé Harteau and Mayor Betsy Hodges are announcing three community conversations in October. These forums, which are open to the public, will further help the MPD connect with our neighborhoods and communities, and will move us all closer to our collective goal of increasing public safety and public trust.

In addition, Chief Harteau is announcing the start of “Chat with the Chief,” a monthly initiative that will begin in October. The Chief regularly works in the city’s 5 police precincts and she is excited to invite community members to the precincts to openly chat with her, one-on-one, in an open house setting. Details and dates for this initiative will be announced on the Minneapolis Police Department’s Facebook page and Twitter account (@MPD_PIO).

Read more!

The other October community conversations with Chief Harteau & Mayor Hodges

will be held on the following dates and times:

▪     October 14, 7:00-8:30 pm at Church of the Ascension, 1723 Bryant Avenue North

▪     October 30, 6:30-8:00 pm in Cedar–Riverside, location TBA