250 South 4th Street

Third Floor, Room 300  Map and Parking Information

• Speak to City staff to make sure your home remodeling project meetings zoning, building code, and other requirements.
• Learn the ins and outs of home business licensing.
• Learn how to request a critical parking permit.
• Meet Mayor Hodges and Council Members 4:00-4:30 p.m.
• Take home a FREE radon home test kit (while supplies last)
• Purchase residential home building permits until 6:30 p.m.
• Attend FREE 15-30 minute informational breakout sessions.

Tuesday, May 13   
7:00-8:00 p.m.    
The Bakken Museum
3537 Zenith Ave S  Map

City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County staff and elected officials will briefly discuss previous land use and safety-related studies conducted in the area and ask the public to weigh in on a list of potential near- and mid-term next steps to improve pedestrian and cyclist safety in the neighborhood.

Please join us for the Annual Meeting.         

Learn About:

• Southwest Light Rail Transit                 
• Updates from elected officials
• Park Siding Park renovation                
• Raingarden project
• New apartment projects in CIDNA                
• And more!

New this year - Free childcare during the meeting!

Have an interest in CIDNA?

You can make an impact in your neighborhood!  

CIDNA Board elections will be held at the Annual Meeting - throw your hat in the ring!

Email info@cidna.org for more information.

CIDNA is partnering with local non-profit Metro Blooms and the Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) on a project to plant 10 raingardens* on private properties throughout the neighborhood.

The cost to the CIDNA homeowner of a raingarden (100-150 square feet) will be about $350 (for plants, mulch and compost). CIDNA will provide the majority of the funding** for consultation, design and garden excavation. Metro Blooms and the Conservation Corps of Minnesota, will do most of the manual labor of excavating the gardens and adding compost and mulch (in early September 2014). Property owners will be responsible for planting their garden.

Learn more about raingardens at a workshop on:
Thursday, May 22 

6-9 pm at Kenwood Community Center 

2101 W Franklin Ave (other dates and location
are available). Cost is $15. To register, go to www.metroblooms.org/workshops.

To participate in the CIDNA raingardens project and register for an onsite consultation, please contact Metro Blooms at 651-699-2426. Simply mention the Cedar Isles Dean project when you call.

You're urged to register as soon as possible as this program is offered on a first come, first served basis.

Program participants will be expected to attend a raingarden workshop, sign a garden maintenance agreement and are strongly encourage to volunteer at the Park Siding Park flower gardens.

If you have any other questions, please contact CIDNA at info@cidna.org.

*Raingardens are beautiful landscaping features that protect water quality and provide habitat for
pollinators.  They use native plants and allow stormwater runoff to filter through the soil instead of flowing
into storm drains and directly into our lakes and rivers.  

**Contingent upon receiving a cost-sharing grant from MCWD.

Click here to read the full press release.

You may can access the preliminary design plans and route here.  

Public Meeting
The Metropolitan Council and Hennepin County Regional Railroad Authority will hold a joint public
hearing on:

Thursday, May 29* 

6:00 p.m.
Hennepin County Government Center
300 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis  Map

An open house will be held on the Public Service Level of the Hennepin County Government Center beginning at 5:00 p.m. Individuals are encouraged to attend the public hearing and offer comments.

*The previously announced May 12th hearing will not take place.

The hearing was rescheduled to May 29 due to the need to correct information in the Minneapolis portion of municipal consent plan.

Saturday, May 31

Park Siding Park

3113 28th St W  Map

9:00 a.m. Help clean up the gardens. No gardening experience necessary. Tools will be provided. Bring work gloves if possible.   

9:30 - 11:00 a.m. Naturalist Program - Bees, Butterflies, and Bugs: Gardening for Pollinators

Let's help our garden friends! Come join a Minneapolis Park Naturalist to learn about the exciting world of gardening & pollinators. Plant pollinators are crucial visitors to the garden, yet are in decline due to habitat loss, misuse of pesticides, diseases and parasites. Come learn how Minnesota plants and insects survive together. A naturalist will introduce and engage kids with hands-on gardening activities and crafts, and teach how to plant a garden for pollinators' right in your own backyard! Featuring elements of Emily Johnson/Catalyst's SHORE (new dance work).