Neighborhood News - July 2024

The reconstructed South Cedar Lake and Minnesota River Bluffs trails are now open for public use from the Midtown Greenway in Minneapolis to Shady Oak Road in Minnetonka. The remaining closed trail segments in Minneapolis in 2025.

 

The League of Women Voters Minneapolis is co-sponsoring a primary candidate forum for MN House Legislative District 61A with community organizations. The forum is on Wednesday, July 17, 7 to 8:30 p.m., at Lake of the Isles Lutheran Church, 2020 W Lake Of The Isles Pkwy. Co-sponsors of this forum are Hill & Lake Press, Kenwood Neighborhood Organization, East Isles Neighborhood Association, Lowry Hill Neighborhood, Bryn Mawr Neighborhood Association, Downtown Minneapolis Neighborhood Association, and AYADA Leads. Participating will be DFL candidates Katie Jones, Isabel Rolfes and Will Stancil.

The forum will be live-streamed and video recorded, which will be available at https://lwvmpls.org/. This is the only contested primary race for House 61A. Candidates will respond to questions on a wide variety of issues of concern to voters. This event is free and open to the public.

The League of Women Voters Minneapolis is cosponsoring this event with local co-sponsors to bring nonpartisan voter education to the community. LWV does not support or oppose candidates for office or political parties.

 

It was a productive spring working on the nearly 200 basins that line Grand Avenue between 31st Street and 48th Street. Planting on the rain gardens started the last week of May and were done in early July. Over 15,000 native plants were installed. The Surface Waters and Sewers division of Minneapolis Public Works hosted a Community Pollinator Planting event on June 1 with Natural Shores, the project contractor. With over 50 volunteers, they restored 20 rain gardens and planted over 1,500 plants. Please note that throughout the city, boulevard maintenance is the responsibility of the adjacent property owner. Boulevards are the vegetated areas between the street and sidewalk, excluding rain gardens. All basins will be watered weekly throughout the summer. Maintenance of all basins by the contractors will continue throughout this growing season.

 

Lyndale Neighborhood Association has been selected by the City of Minneapolis to bring back Nicollet Open Streets on Saturday, Sept. 28 from 11 a.m. through 5 p.m. Contact the neighborhood organization to be involved.

 

Uptown Art Fair: Detour will be at Bachman’s on Lyndale Aug. 3 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Aug. 4 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at 6110 Lyndale Ave. S. Explore over 150 artist booth, including youth and up-and-coming artists.