NEIGHBORHOOD BRIEFS

SERVE ON THE EAST BDE MAKA SKA BOARD
The East Bde Maka Ska Neighborhood Association is looking for applicants to fill several vacancies on the board of directors. Applicants must be at least 18 years old and live in East Bde Maka Ska. Responsibilities include attendance at monthly Board meetings, participation in at least one committee, and oversight and fiduciary duties. Interested? More at http://eastbdemakaska.org/.

KFNA ‘Souper Bowl Sunday’ FEB. 13, EMPTY BOWLS KICK-OFF
Kingfield Neighborhood Association is looking for a volunteer with storytelling and event branding experience to assist with the event. KFNA supports a fun, dynamic, volunteer community planning who could use some help raising visibility of this project. If you are interested in helping support a small local nonprofit raise awareness and funds for affordable housing in our community and you have 10 hours in the next three weeks to volunteer, please contact sarah@kingfield.org.

KMART/NEW NICOLLET PROJECT
The Minneapolis City Council has approved project expectations and a public engagement framework for the Former Kmart and New Nicollet Project. The city of Minneapolis owns roughly 10 acres of land formerly home to the Kmart store in south Minneapolis. It plans to construct a new Nicollet Avenue, which will connect Nicollet Avenue South of Lake Street to Nicollet north of the Midtown Greenway, and develop the remaining acreage into a high-density, mixed-use walkable district. The public engagement framework includes three phases. The first phase will start in early 2022 and focus on creating open dialogues with community members who live, work, shop and visit the area. The second phase will focus on a public space plan and Nicollet Avenue layout plan, which will require city council approval. The third phase of engagement will discuss the future development of buildings.

ARTIST APPLICATIONS OPEN
The award-winning 57th annual Uptown Art Fair is excited to invite artists to apply for the fair Aug. 5-7, 2022 in the heart of Uptown Minneapolis. The event footprint is located at the intersection of Lake and Hennepin, the center of a lively, upbeat business district and is the busiest intersection in the state of Minnesota. Over $2.1 million of art is sold during the festival with some artists sharing that the Uptown Art Fair is the most successful show of the season, and in some cases, of their career. Attendance was reported in 2019 of 375,000 over the three-day event. The deadline is March 15.

LYNDALE NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION’s
ANNUAL WINTER CLOSURE
Lyndale Neighborhood Association’s annual organizational closure is active from Saturday, Dec.18, 2021-Monday, Jan.17, 2022. Staff is accessing email and entering the office less frequently, and regular neighborhood meetings and programming will be paused during this period. However, Lyndale E-News will continue to come to your inboxes each Wednesday morning
Community members with an immediate need to contact LNA staff during this closure should email us at info@lyndale.org.