Please join us for the next meeting of the CIDNA Board. 

Wednesday, June 8
6:30 p.m.
Jones-Harrison Residence
3700 Cedar Lake Avenue

All are welcome!

Minneapolis Public School (MPS) student enrollment is increasing. MPS needs your ideas to plan for the future.

   

Meeting Focus: Middle school enrollment increases in
Area C/Zone 3 for the 2012-13 school year.

 

Monday, June 6 

6:00-8:00 p.m.  

Ramsey Fine Arts School
1 West 49th Street  

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Dinner, childcare and Spanish and Somali interpreters will be available.

 

For more information, please contact Gael Ellis,

Area C (z3) Community Liaison, MPS, at 612-987-2344 or

gaelellis@comcast.net.

Attend a free energy workshop and learn about easy ways to save energy in your home.

    

 

Community Energy Services, CES, is a one-stop residential energy program.  

 

CES begins with FREE educational workshops where you learn low-cost, no-cost ways to save energy in your home. Next, schedule a customized home energy visit where you receive up to $400 in services and materials for a co-pay of only $30! To make it even better, CIDNA NRP funds will reimburse the co-pay for the first 100 homeowners who participate, giving you a $400 value for FREE!

 

CIDNA is competing for $5,000 in grant funds based on neighborhood participation and we need you to help us win!

 

Nearby upcoming workshops:  

Thursday, June 9

6:30  - 8:00 p.m. 

Lake Harriet Community School Upper Campus

4912 Vincent Ave. S    Map 

 

Wednesday, June 22 

6:30  - 8:00 p.m. 

Whittier International School 

315 26th Street W   Map  

 

Tuesday, June 28 

6:30  - 8:00 p.m. 

St. Mary's Greek Orthodox Church

3450 Irving Ave S  Map 

 

Click here for a complete listing of upcoming workshop dates.

Free refreshments and childcare are provided at each workshop.  

 

Questions? Contact Ashley Robertson at 612-335-5869 or arobertson@mncee.org.

 

More information can also be found at www.mnces.org.  Community Energy Services is a partnership with the CIDNA, Center for Energy and Environment, City of Minneapolis, CenterPoint Energy and Xcel Energy with funding provided by the MN Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund and the City of Minneapolis block grants.  

Hennepin County organizes collection events throughout the year to give residents more convenient, local disposal options for their household hazardous wastes.

 
The next event will be held:
Thursday, June 9 - Saturday, June 11
9:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m.
7250 State Hwy. 7
Parking lot in southwest quadrant of Hwy. 7 and Louisiana Ave.
St. Louis Park
(Enter site off of Lake St.)
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Click here for a complete list of accepted items.
 

Councilmember Meg Tuthill invites you to meet with her to ask questions and voice concerns.

 

Bring your own lunch! Cookies and lemonade are provided! 
 
Tuesday, June 14
12:00 - 1:00 p.m.
5th Precinct, Community Room
3101 Nicollet Avenue S
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Meet with Meg is held the second Tuesday of every month.

News from Minneapolis Police Department's
5th Precinct

Block Leader Social

Are you a current block leader, e-block leader, block contact, or just interested in getting more involved in your neighborhood?
This is the perfect chance to have fun and get involved. If you don't know if you want to be a block leader, come and learn more about it.

Thursday, June 16
6:00 p.m.
Kenwood Park
Rain or shine
Meet at the picnic tables by the playground. If it rains,
meet at the Kenwood Rec Center.
Light refreshments will be provided.
 
 

Burglary Prevention Workshop

The presentation material from the May 24th Burglary Prevention Workshop is available as a pdf. Click here to download a copy: Burglary Prevention presentation.

 

 

CIDNA would like to thank the volunteers who helped with the Park Siding Park garden clean-up on May 28. 

 

Volunteers:  

Steve Cap 

Liz Galle

Gary Lange 

Sandi Larson

Niki Oldenburg

Claire Ruebeck 

Dave Ruebeck  

Pat Shirley

Cher Simer   

Lecia Van Amerongen  

Kate Zieman 

 

Volunteers are also needed to help throughout the season (watering etc.) Contact Monica Smith at info@cinda.org or 612-821-0131 for more information.

 

Due to bridge rehabilitation work, the Midtown Greenway will have intermittent and partial closures through June.

The work is taking place between Cedar Ave and Hennepin Ave to improve safety for bicyclists and extend the useful life of the approximately 30 bridges. In order to protect the safety of trail users, the Midtown Greenway will be closed and detoured to 28th St and 29th St for short stretches at times. Work will take place on weekdays beginning at 7:00am and last until 4:30pm. Please respect your safety and the safety of city crews by following posted signs and closures. The trail will remain open at all other times (including evenings, nights, and weekends).

Further west on the Midtown Greenway, bridges over Lake Calhoun Parkway, the Lake Calhoun-Isles Channel, and Dean Parkway are also undergoing bridge rehabilitation work. This work is taking place to widen the trail and extend the useful life of the bridges, and will last through mid-summer. The trail at these bridges will not be closed, but will be narrowed at times.