Neighborhood news - Sep 2024

20th ANNUAL AUTUMN BREW REVIEW
Minnesota’s longest-running craft beer festival, Autumn Brew Review, will take place this year on Oct.12, 2024, from 1:30 to 5 p.m. This premier craft brew festival includes beverage sampling (includes Delta-9 THC beverages), entertainment, and community spirit, showcasing craft beers from Minnesota’s most innovative breweries. This year’s festival will feature a new theme of collaboration, with Minnesota breweries from across the state partnering with each other, breweries from outside Minnesota, and industry groups to debut brand new craft beer releases at the fest. Attendees will be the first, and possibly only group, to try these offerings.

NEW PLAYGROUND EQUIPMENT
After over three years of fundraising and community engagement, new monkey bars, a climbing dome, and a fire truck-themed playhouse have been installed at Linden Hills Park. During the first phase of the project to upgrade Linden Hills Park’s playground, the budget for play equipment was reduced due to an unexpected cost for drainage work required in and near the playground. The Linden Hills Neighborhood Council (LHiNC), through residents and a private donor, raised funds for additional play equipment both at Linden Hills Park and Hall Park in North Minneapolis.

CRITICAL PARKING AREA CHANGES
The city of Minneapolis is changing critical parking areas, started in the 1970s to dissuade commuters from parking in residential neighborhoods. On some blocks in Loring Park, people either have to move their vehicles every so often between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. on weekdays, or spring for a $25 annual permit to park on some blocks for as long as 72 hours. These blocks are part of what are called Critical Parking Areas, and the zones may soon change as the city of Minneapolis works to get people biking, walking, and taking transit more. Later this year, the city plans to implement changes to zones in Loring and Elliot Park. A presentation for the Minneapolis City Council says the days and hours of when a vehicle would be required to have a permit to park could change, or the zones could be eliminated entirely. From there, the city could either install meters or let any vehicle park for free. After they make changes to Loring and Elliot Park, they plan to finalize changes citywide by next year.