We closed on the commercial building today at 2917 E. 42nd St. The new owners took possession today and will be working with contractors to make a veterinary clinic. I think it will be named Nokomis Veterinary Clinic. Please welcome them to SENA when you see them.
We had a really fun event on 45xx 29th Avenue South.??I think the highlight was?a puppet show about water presented by someone who works for Heart of the Beast and the performer (Paolino) was really marvelous.? It was in both English and Spanish and since we have a number of Spanish-speaking children on our block, it worked out great.? Three people signed up for this forum.? I have the list.
*Calendar* *- Wed, Aug 6, 5:00-8:30 p.m. - The 13th Annual Lake Hiawatha Neighborhood Festival *at Lake Hiawatha Park (2701 44th St.) Food, pony rides, Minnesota Timberwolves Shootout, Preschooler Sandcastle Contest, and many fun games for children. Neighborhood Talent Contest between 6:00-8:30. For more info, click here http://www.lhrc.freeservers.com/festival.htm *- Thurs, Aug 7, Noon-3:00 p.m. - Sixth Annual Peace Games*. The annual Peace Games are held each August to celebrate the diverse cultures of Minneapolis. Children, youth and adults participate in cultural sports, learn new dances, make art projects from around the world, see exciting stage acts and enjoy ethnic snacks. Past celebrations have featured Hmong Butterfly dancers, Filipino Tinikeling, Mexico Lindo dancers and African dancers. Activities include India Henna Painting, Chinese Calligraphy (translating names into Chinese), soccer, Thai dancing, rugby and Kufi Hat making. Washburn Fair Oaks Park, 200 24th St. E. For info on the Peace Games please contact: Sherenia 612-230-6496 or Heidi 612-230-6474 *- Thurs, Aug 7, 6:30 p.m. - SENA Transportation Action Group meeting.*Discuss projects and funding through 2009. New members always welcomed SENA office (1830 42nd Street E). Call 721-1601 for more info. *- Sat, Aug 9, 10:00-2:00pm - La Oportunidad, Metropolitan Health Plan, and the Midtown Farmers' Market are pleased to host the 14th Annual Latino Family Resource Fair!* This fun and informative event features a wide range of useful community resources for Latino families. This year's theme will focus on social services and will highlight a holistic array of community-based bilingual and culturally competent services to children and families. This includes: -Free Health Screenings -Information about Healthy Lifestyles and Health Insurance -Legal and Social Service Resources -Family Entertainment and Live Music -Clowns and Children Activities and More! (22nd Ave and Lake St) *- Mon, Aug 11, 7:00 p.m. SENA Board Meeting*. Open to the public. SENA office (1830 42nd Street E). For more info, call 721-1601. *Other* - *Ever get confused about the terms* *"community" and "neighborhood"* *as they apply to parts of Minneapolis?* The city of Minneapolis is made up of 81 different neighborhoods that comprise 11 communities. The Standish neighborhood is a part of the larger Powderhorn Community, and the Ericsson neighborhood is a part of the larger Nokomis Community. Originally, communities were the basic units for planning in Minneapolis, while neighborhoods were areas that could be logically served by a single elementary school.
Steven, I placed the flyer with tear-offs at the block event covering 21st Ave and 42nd St (and nearby blocks). About 1/2 dozen of the tabs were taken. This was the perfect event to spread the word. Hopefully a few of my neighbors will be joining the discussions here. Steve Basile Standish > From: Steven Clift <email obscured> > Organization: E-Democracy.Org > Reply-To: <email obscured> > Date: Wed, 06 Aug 2008 12:02:44 -0500 > To: Minneapolis Standish Ericsson Neighbors Forum > <email obscured> > Subject: [Mpls-StanEric] What was the word on your street? > > > There were about 25 folks that came through the NNO event at 33rd Ave and 44th > St.. Since we "short blockers" crash the party over and up a block not our > alley, this is the one time of year I see many of these folks. > > I spent most of my time keeping my two under 3 out of trouble, so other than > meeting two new neighbors of only a few weeks not too much to report. Signed > up 9 new member on the paper form (and six new members came in over night > based on the flyer/word of mouth). When I described some of the forum topics -
I went to the block party on the 4300 block of 29th Ave and we had many attendees. It was nice to meet some of the neighbors on the other end of the block that I recognize by face, but do not know. Brought the flyer and put it on the table, but did not notice if any sign-ups as had to leave before the end to go to a class. Hopefully a few people took a look at it and will follow up on their own. Cari Lombardi> Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2008 12:02:44 -0500> From: email obscured> To: email obscured> Subject: [Mpls-StanEric] What was the word on your street?> > > There were about 25 folks that came through the NNO event at 33rd Ave and 44th St.. Since we "short blockers" crash the party over and up a block not our alley, this is the one time of year I see many of these folks. > > I spent most of my time keeping my two under 3 out of trouble, so other than meeting two new neighbors of only a few weeks not too much to report. Signed up 9 new member on the paper form (and six new members came in over night based on the flyer/word of mouth). When I described some of the forum topics - development, crime and safety, babysitting, ... and the explosion in the rabbit population, I got "yeah! what's up with that."> > On thing that makes this block's party unique ... we get to listen to our own bag pipe band (which practices at St. Helena's every Tuesday).> > So that was the word at your block party?> > Steven Clift> Forum Co-Host> > Steven Clift> Ericsson, Minneapolis> Info about Steven Clift: http://forums.e-democracy.org/p/stevenclift> > This topic's messages may be viewed at: http://forums.e-democracy.org/r/topic/2Y0WMqNDDKP2JV7R9bj5e1>
I plan to bring some sign-up sheets for the forum to this event. I could use some help for an hour or two from 5-8 p.m. Give me a ring if you can help at 612-203-5181 (after 2:00 p.m. please). Thanks, Steven Clift
There were about 25 folks that came through the NNO event at 33rd Ave and 44th St.. Since we "short blockers" crash the party over and up a block not our alley, this is the one time of year I see many of these folks. I spent most of my time keeping my two under 3 out of trouble, so other than meeting two new neighbors of only a few weeks not too much to report. Signed up 9 new member on the paper form (and six new members came in over night based on the flyer/word of mouth). When I described some of the forum topics - development, crime and safety, babysitting, ... and the explosion in the rabbit population, I got "yeah! what's up with that." On thing that makes this block's party unique ... we get to listen to our own bag pipe band (which practices at St. Helena's every Tuesday). So that was the word at your block party? Steven Clift Forum Co-Host
Hi Everyone- Shirley's given me permission to ask you to bring your unwanted phone books to SENA's office @ 1830 E. 42nd Street. You can drop them off in the entry way any time before Friday the 15th. I'll be picking them up then... so its a quick fix to whatever accumulation you've got in the garage.
We're having a party on 4000 block of 20th Ave. I've got the flyer printed. Feel free to come say hello!
Hello Everyone, Just a reminder that we will be having a community festival tomorrow night August 6th from 5-8pm. Come check us out! We will also be having a talent show and a family fitness challege. The talent show will have cash prizes so if you are intrested please contact the center so we can get you signed up. We will also be giving away trophies for the family fitness challege so please sign up for that as well. Thank you Ryan Vossen Lake Hiawatha Park
I've had at least five people indicate that they would bring some forms/flyers to the block party tonight. Thank you. That means everyone else need not fear they are duplicating effort by making some copies themselves! Here is the form to print: http://e-democracy.org/if/issuesforumsignupform-staneric.pdf You may also print the flyer with the pull-tabs: http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls-staneric/files/f/2526-2008-06-18T132820Z/stanericposter.pdf If people go "oh, no I don't want my mail box filled." Let them know that the forum has averaged 3 posts a day (only one if they sign up for the digest and ZERO if they choose web-based) and the forum is not dominated by just a few people. We are averaging close to a 20% posting participation rate each month - which is unheard on on typical online forums. Finally, if you find yourself without a sign-up sheet, tell people to "Google standish ericsson" and click on the third result or visit e-democracy.org/se (make sure they write down the "-" hyphen). Cheers, Steven Clift Forum Co-Host
Nathan - we do have several phone books at the SENA office. Since I get the daily updates for the forum I don't know how to contact you directly, but if you'll let me know how to reach you via e-mail or call the SENA office at 721-1601 I can definitely get you some phone books. Heidi - you made my day. No my week! Maybe more. I'm so glad someone is organizing something to deal with this. I really hope they can make an impact. In the meantime - I'm all for the bonfire! -- shirley
Hello All, This website should help you out. www.YellowPagesGoesGreen.org <http://www.yellowpagesgoesgreen.org/> Take Care, Heidi Yee
Hi- I'm new to the neighborhood, and actually don't live there, but work in the Roosevelt High building. If you have unwanted phone books lying around, let me know and I'll come and get them! If you get enough, you can make some pretty neat things out of them. So.... let me know if you have a few lying around.
How about a yearly neighborhood bonfire? Everyone could march with a phone book on their head to Lake Hiawatha and we'd set them all on fire. I think that might make a point. Steven Clift
I don't know about anybody else, but I've been more and more frustrated lately with the proliferation of phone books that appear on my door step. I don't want them! I don't use them! I know I can recycle them - but it's frustrating to have to deal with them when I don't want them in the first place. I've discovered that I'm not the only person who has carried them directly from my front step to the recycle bin. I've been looking for some kind of soluction to this problem, but no one seems to have one. The last time one of the companies delivered them to the office we were lucky enough to be here, so I just told them not to leave them. I just got all the old ones taken care of and today we came to the office to find new ones - these are Yellow Book. I called the number listed on the bag - sometimes it's hard to find a number - and was referred to another number where I talked with a person who said she would add the address to a do-not-deliver-list. I hope this works. I realize this is just one of the multitude of phone book companies, but at least it's a start. If anyone else is tired of unwanted phone books, the number is 1-800-373-3280. And if anyone else has discovered other solutions for other companies, I'd love to know what they are. -- shirley
For those going to National Night Out, be sure to ask for a copy of the paper survey from your block club leader about the Minnehaha-Hiawatha corridor so you can fill it out. Here is what Minnehaha Hiawatha Community Works project sent along: "The Minnehaha-Hiawatha corridor from the Midtown Greenway to Minnehaha Parkway has received increasing attention over the last few years. This spring Hennepin County Community Works launched a two-year effort to develop a Strategic Development Framework for the Minnehaha-Hiawatha corridor to guide County, City, and other revitalization investments. These decisions will be community driven and made in close collaboration with stakeholders. As part of National Night Out, the Community Advisory Committee for this effort partnered with the Minneapolis Police Department to provide all Block Club leaders with a packet including information about this project and a one-question survey." Check out their website at: http://www.minnehaha-hiawatha.com Steven Clift Standish Ericsson Neighbors Forum Co-Host
3/3 43XX and 44XX Longfellow and 43XX 19th (We're the dogleg around the golf course) 6:30-8:45 Old Fashioned Ice Cream Social
The most effective way to grow our neighbors forum is to sign people up in person. If you print a few sign-up pages and pass it around on a clipboard you can turn national night out in to neighborhood year online! Please let me know - email obscured - which block party(ies) you can visit (see Ericsson list below), make a short announcement about forum and then pass around a sign-up sheet. (If you can help cover multiple events, a few clipboards and pens make handy tools.) After NNO we will collect the forms for another typing "laptop party." We are up to 229 members. Once we reach 400 we will have close to 10% of the households in Standish and Ericsson communicating about local things that matter (or are just plain fun) most days. Wow. Here is the form to print: http://e-democracy.org/if/issuesforumsignupform-staneric.pdf You may also print the flyer with the pull-tabs: http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls-staneric/files/f/2526-2008-06-18T132820Z/stanericposter.pdf Also, why not ask your party what the top three local issues are that they would like to see discussed on the forum and we can compare notes on the forum. Or simply plan to share a short summary of your block's evening with us all. Please put **** next to the events you can cover in your reply to: email obscured Cheers, Steven Clift Forum Co-Host From: http://www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/nno/docs/EventsbyNH.pdf NNO events for the Ericsson neighborhood Pct/Sect Location Time # expected Plans for event 3/3 44XX NOKOMIS AVE S 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. 25 potluck, kids’ parade, poss. short play done by kids 3/3 36XX E 47TH ST 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 50 probably a potluck 3/3 45XX 32ND AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 70 potluck, raffle, book exchange, kids’ games & activities 3/3 46XX 33RD AVE S 4:00 - 9:00 p.m. 50 book/cd/dvd swap, food drive, water balloon toss in 3/3 45XX NOKOMIS AVE S 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. 20 root beer floats 3/3 44XX 28TH AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 35 potluck 3/3 35XX CROSBY PL 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 40 potluck dinner, kids’ activities 3/3 45XX 29TH AVE S 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. 50 potluck with grill. puppet show and karaoke activities for 3/3 42XX LONGFELLOW AVE 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 30 cookout, meet new neigbors, share infor 3/3 44XX NOKOMIS AVE 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 30 bbq, kids’ games/bike parade, socializing 3/3 47XX 29TH AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 40 n'hood trivia game, update contact list, food drive, kids' 3/3 44XX 30TH AVE S 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. 50 desserts, soft drinks, kids' games, meet and greet time 3/3 46XX 30TH AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 40 bbq, games and conversation 3/3 42XX 30TH AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 30 kids' games, ice cream social, food, poss. music 3/3 43XX 29TH AVE S 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 40 potluck, piñata, balloon toss, sidewalk chalk, door prize, 3/3 43XX 34TH AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 30 potluck 3/3 44XX 29TH AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 25 potluck, neighbors gather and visit 3/3 30XX E 43RD ST 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. 60 potluck picnic with kids' games 3/3 30XX E MINNEHAHA PKY 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 20 bbq and potluck, water balloon fight, food drive 3/3 46XX LONGFELLOW AVE 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 40 potluck, bbq, games, music, door prizes 3/3 42XX 32ND AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 15 bbq, we keep it simple
The most effective way to grow our neighbors forum is to sign people up in person. If you print a few sign-up pages and pass it around on a clipboard you can turn national night out in to neighborhood year online! Please let me know - email obscured - which block party(ies) you can visit (see Standish list below), make a short announcement about forum and then pass around a sign-up sheet. (If you can help cover multiple events, a few clipboards and pens make handy tools.) After NNO we will collect the forms for another typing "laptop party." We are up to 229 members. Once we reach 400 we will have close to 10% of the households in Standish and Ericsson communicating about local things that matter (or are just plain fun) almost everyday. Here is the form to print: http://e-democracy.org/if/issuesforumsignupform-staneric.pdf You may also print the flyer with the pull-tabs (just put two up at Everett's): http://forums.e-democracy.org/groups/mpls-staneric/files/f/2526-2008-06-18T132820Z/stanericposter.pdf Also, why not ask your party what the top three local issues are that they would like to see discussed on the forum and we can compare notes on the forum. Or simply plan to share a short summary of your block's evening with us all. Please put **** next to the events you can cover in your reply to: email obscured Cheers, Steven Clift Forum Co-Host NNO events for the Standish neighborhood Pct/Sect Location Time # expected Plans for event 3/2 40XX 27TH AVE S 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 25 potluck and games for kids. 3/3 42XX 26TH AVE S 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. 20 bbq, potluck and games 3/2 38XX 20TH AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 30 annual potluck picnic. 3/2 37XX LONGFELLOW AVE 4:00 - 10:00 p.m. 45 potluck, games, prizes, info (safety, environmental) 3/2 18XX E 41ST ST 4:00 - 10:00 p.m. 150 food, rafels, fire truck. inflatable games for kids, and 3/2 37XX 25TH AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 20 potluck dinner 3/2 36XX 24TH AVE S (@ 36-1/2 ST) 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 25 block potluck, bbq, and children's games 3/2 36XX LONGFELLOW AVE 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 35 potluck, frisbee, introductions, conversations. 3/2 39XX 29TH AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 40 potluck and games for kids 3/2 41XX 19TH AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 35 potluck, face painting, grilling, fun 3/2 41XX NOKOMIS AVE S 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. 30 kiddie pool, ice cream, get to know one another 3/2 41XX 21ST AVE S 4:00 - 10:00 p.m. 50 food, activities, prizes and time to share information and 3/2 37XX 21ST AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 25 cook-out/potluck, door prizes, conversation, know 3/2 41XX 24TH AVE S 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 30 hot dogs, lemonade , sign games for the kids. hand out 3/2 37XX 20TH AVE S 4:00 - 10:00 p.m. 30 history game, kid parade, potluck, grill, photo game 3/2 40XX 23RD AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 50 potluck dinner 3/3 42XX 29TH AVE S 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 30 potluck style dinner with a movie 3/2 39XX 24TH AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 50 potluck, prizes, food shelf drive, know our neighbors 3/2 41XX 25TH AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 100 potluck, ice cream, music, door prizes, good times... 3/3 42XX 24TH AVE S 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 33 potluck dinner, meet new neighbors 3/2 39XX 27TH AVE S 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 25 potluck dinner, gathering time, and games for kids 3/2 36XX 27TH AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 50 face painting, kids’ activities, bbq grilling, karaoke 3/2 37XX 26TH AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 100 bbq, potluck, white elephants, kids’ activities, blood 3/2 38XX 25TH AVE S 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. 40 grilling and socializing 3/2 38XX STANDISH AVE 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. 25 grilling, potluck, children's games, poss. bike parade, 3/2 37XX 24TH AVE S 5:00 - 9:00 p.m. 50 bbq, children's activities 3/2 40XX STANDISH AVE 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 40 potluck supper, children’s games, etc 3/2 39XX 20TH AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 30 potluck 3/2 40XX 20TH AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 30 we'll met each other, share food and fun! poss. service 3/3 42XX STANDISH AVE 10:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m. 50 jumper or pool, picnic tables, poss. bike riding 3/2 41XX LONGFELLOW AVE 6:00 - 8:00 p.m. 30 potluck and some yard games (bocce ball, frisbee, 3/2 40XX 26TH AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 75 supper, hot dogs and beverages supplied 3/2 38XX 24TH AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 30 meals, games, and socializing 3/2 40XX 21ST AVE S 6:00 - 9:00 p.m. 50 potluck dinner, games, prize drawing, info. 3/2 38XX LONGFELLOW AVE 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 50 “food, fun and frivolity,” potluck dessert, meet/greet 3/2 39XX 22ND AVE S 6:00 - 10:00 p.m. 20 may have games (tba), talking, eating and socializing 3/3 42XX 19TH AVE S 5:00 - 10:00 p.m. 40 annual nno potluc