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1a) Kingfield PorchFest 2021!
Thursday, June 17th, 6:00 PM - 9:00 PM
Various Porches throughout the neighborhood!
PorchFest is an evening of acoustical music held at multiple outdoor venues throughout Kingfield on a single evening. PorchFest is a chance for musicians to share their music with their neighbors and a chance for neighbors to walk the dog, stroll the baby, or pack a cool beverage and meander with their sweetie from home to home enjoying the talent of our amazing neighborhood!
Watch the event link here as stages and bands are announced over the next 17 days!
1b) Join the Bridgil because George Floyd’s Life Mattered
Tuesday, June 1st, 8th, 15th, and 22nd, 4:30 PM - 5:30 PM
38th Street Bridge, Minneapolis.
We gather every Tuesday to remember those lives lost to police violence and the systemic racism it represents, and we will be here through the sentencing of Derek Chauvin which is expected on June 25th.
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2a) Did you know that YOU can run for a seat on the Kingfield Neighborhood Association Board?
Who Me?
Yes, YOU, most likely! Anyone 18 or older who rents, owns property, or manages a business between 36th-46th Street South, and from Lyndale Avenue to 35W is eligible for a seat on the board.
If you’re passionate, committed, and energized about our neighborhood and its future, you’re encouraged to apply, though KFNA specifically seeks to foster the leadership of people in whom neighborhood organizations have historically underinvested: people who rent, and people who identify as BIPOC (black, indigenous, people of color), LGBTQ+, youth, and seniors.
Why Would I Want to Run for the KFNA Board?
Because you care about your community! The KFNA Board of Directors works to support and promote the common good of the Kingfield neighborhood, through grassroots organizing around neighborhood issues, hosting and promoting events that build community, and ensuring our communal voice is heard.
How Do I Apply to Run for the Board?
Visit www.KINGFIELD.ORG/BOARD to complete your application by midnight Wed. June 2nd.
What Are the Key Dates?:
- Applications are due by midnight June 2.
- Applicants will attend the KFNA Annual Meeting on Wednesday June 9, 7-9 PM to introduce yourself to the neighborhood.
- Applicants understand that meetings are held every 2nd Wednesday and they will make it a priority to attend.
If you are interested in applying for a position on the Board of Directors submit this application form by June 2nd, 2021. If you want to meet or talk with a KFNA Board member to learn more before you do, please contact info@kingfield.org.
Read more about the responsibilities of KFNA Board Members here: KFNA Board of Directors_ 2021 Roles & Responsibilities-3
2b) Proposed Bylaw Changes 2021
The Kingfield Neighborhood Association has redrafted their organizational bylaws to comply with State Laws and new City of Minneapolis funding guidelines for neighborhood associations. On the KFNA website are links to:
- an Executive Summary outlining the key differences between the two documents,
- the proposed, amended and restated Kingfield Neighborhood Association Bylaws 2021, and
- a copy of the current 2020 Bylaws, if you care to compare the two versions.
Read details here.
The KFNA Board of Directors has approved the amended and restated Kingfield Neighborhood Association Bylaws 2021 and will present them to the community for a vote to accept, or deny, the entire set of Bylaws at the Annual Meeting on June 9, 2021. Voting will be online and will remain open for 7 days and you will find it at the link where you can cast your vote for open seats on the Board of Directors.
2c) Proposed KFNA NRP Plan Modification
The Kingfield Neighborhood Association (KFNA) Board of Directors is requesting that Members of the Association vote to approve a KFNA NRP Plan Modification to move $75,100 to support future Affordable Housing projects and $79,500 to support the administrative and organizing work of our organization for the coming year. These two funding moves are bundled together into one Kingfield NRP Plan Modification vote totaling $154,600.
Moving this amount of funding requires community input, so KFNA requests that Members vote online in conjunction with the Annual Election for the Board of Directors between June 9 and June 16, 2021 and vote YES if you support moving this funding, or NO if you are opposed to this NRP Plan modification. Questions can be directed to Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director at 612-823-5980 or info@kingfield.org and you can learn more here.
2d) 2021 KFNA Annual Meeting
Wednesday, June 9, 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM(at the regularly scheduled time of the monthly KFNA Board of Directors Meeting)
On Zoom (due to COVID)
Meet Your Neighbors, running for the 7 open seats on the Kingfield Neighborhood Association Nonprofit Board!
- Hear reports of KFNA’s 2020 activities
- Get a financial update of the organization
- Learn about Bylaw and Funding changes
- Learn how the voting process will work
- Learn about ways to get involved with KFNA
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3a) MnDOT 5K Fun Run
Complete the route anytime from Saturday, June 5- Sunday, June 13
MnDOT is planning a community fun run, walk, or ride 5k to celebrate the 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown project and its benefits to the community. The 5K can be completed any way people want to, anytime from Saturday, June 5- Sunday, June 13.
You can start and finish anywhere along the route- or create your own path! The route can be followed on MapMyRun for easier directions. Participants can track their time using a watch or fitness app and submit their results online here.
Social media contest
MnDOT will send virtual cheers (and some real swag) as people complete their 5K! Post a photo from the 5K to social media with the hashtag #MnDOTVirtual5K to be entered to win prizes, including sunglasses and t-shirts. Some recommended photo ops include:
- Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Park
- Freeway construction from the 42nd St. bridge
- Views from the new 40th St. pedestrian bridge
- 46th St. transit station
Photos must be posted between June 5-13 to be considered for entry. Photos can also be emailed to the project team at amy@willow-consulting.com. Winners will be randomly selected the week of June 21.
This event is part of the 35W@94: Downtown to Crosstown project between 43rd St. and 15th St. in Minneapolis. Click here for more information.
3b) Kingfield Farmers’ Market
Sunday, June 6th, 8:30 AM - 1:00 PM
MLK Park Parking Lot, 4055 Nicollet Avenue South, Minneapolis
SO many things to LOVE about the new location! And still SO many things to learn.
As we all adjust please note:
- No parking in the bike lane along 40th Street.
- No eating or drinking in the market so plan to go for a “picnic” in the greater park area.
- No dogs allowed in the market area.
- No public restroom access until the wading pool is open for the season.
Lots of no’s but also many yeses, like YES we need volunteers! Contact emily@neighborhoodrootsmn.org if you want to help!
Also visit the KFNA table to grab one of our HOT new t-shirts!
Modern style $15 for 1 & $25 for 2
Or
Retro $17 for 1 & $30 for 2
AND come kick off the MnDOT 5K Fun Run with some games and runner’s swag at our table too!
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4a & b) Wells Fargo Site Development Update
We, the neighborhoods surrounding the Wells Fargo site at 31st & Nicollet, want to engage community members in picturing a vibrant, integrated cultural and economic area that offer opportunities for residents to shop, learn, engage, build skills, build wealth, and build connections in community.
Join the first Community Engagement Session on Thursday June 3:
Mapping Our History/Claiming Our Future: 1st Community Engagement Session surrounding Wells Fargo--Lake &Nicollet, Thursday June 3, 6:30-8 PM, on Zoom. Register HERE.
Wells Fargo has selected a developer and is selling the land to Project for Pride in Living (PPL). The development of the 2-acre site will include at least 200 units of affordable housing, commercial space, and a branch bank of Wells Fargo. The dates for the virtual community engagement sessions are:
- June 3: Mapping Our History/Claiming Our Future
- June 17
- July 8 (planned for in-person, on site)
- July 22 (planned for in-person, on site)
- August 5
- August 19
- Community Presentation in September: TBD
There is a community engagement team, The Cultural Wellness Center, that is working with PPL to design a broad process focused on designing this site (and the larger area) to meet this vision. They have engaged the surrounding neighborhood associations to help them identify Stakeholders willing to participate in this process.
We are seeking neighbors who will commit to being visible leaders on this project by:
- attending every meeting (or viewing the recording of each session, if necessary),
- taking the information and questions back from the sessions to their self-identified Stakeholder group, and
- bringing information and questions back from their community to the Community Engagement Team.
Stipends valued at $150.00 are available for community members to do this work!
Thank you for applying here!-
The Kingfield, Lyndale, Whittier, Central, and East Phillips Neighborhood Associations
If you are interested in learning more, please contact Sarah at sarah@kingfield.org and put “Wells Fargo Engagement” in the subject line.
4c) Grand Avenue Construction Update
The City is reconstructing Grand Ave between 48th Street and Lake Street. The segment between 48th Street and 38th Street will be reconstructed in 2021 (beginning between 46th St W and 38th St). Work between 38th and Lake Street will be done in 2022.
Join the City for a weekly stakeholder meeting to get an overview of the upcoming construction work. In these meetings, you will get more detailed information about the work and discuss any questions or concerns you have about the project.
If you have difficulty using the link below, please call or email the contact below. If no one joins the meeting within 15 minutes, the meeting will end, but you can still contact us via phone or email.
Every Tuesday at 9 a.m. via Microsoft Teams -- Join the weekly Grand Ave. Reconstruction virtual stakeholder meeting
Additional information and updates on this project are available at the City’s web site
If you have any questions or concerns about this improvement project, please contact Beverly Warmka, Project Manager at 612-673-3762. You can also reach out to the Peter Behnk, Construction Engineer at 612-772-3883 or Chief Field Inspector on the Project, Iskandar Umar, at 612-368-5668.
Read More Here.
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5a) Join KFNA’s Election Education Team: Subgroups now forming for Charter Amendments, District 6 Park Board, and the Mayoral Race.
Sign up here to indicate your interest in serving on a community team whose task will be to bring information on the various Candidates and Races to Our Community. Whether through debates, interviews, or written information, the job of this Team will be to help educate other neighbors about the people, the process, the charter amendments, as well as the dates and details of this year's election.
If you have questions please contact Sarah Linnes-Robinson, KFNA Executive Director, at sarah@kingfield.org.
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