Join the FRNNG Board
We invite you to attend our next Board meeting. See what we’re doing, share you ideas, get involved, and consider joining the Board.
6:30 - 8:30 pm
Wednesday, January 21, 2025
McRae Recreation Center
906 E. 47th Street
FRNNG Neighbors, our Board needs you! This is an exciting time of growth for our neighborhood. We have an all new team of Board officers and we are looking for board members at large and volunteers to help us create new opportunities and programs in the coming year. It's a great time to step up and have a say in how resources are allocated for our neighbors and businesses. You'll get the rewards of serving your community, building your network, and making an impact where you live.
We invite you to join us for our upcoming meeting: Wednesday, January 21, 6:30 - 8:00 pm, at the McRae Center, 906 E. 47th Street. Learn what we're up to and how you can get involved. We'd love to have you there!
Feel free to email us at frnng.org with any questions or to share your possible interest.
Join FRNNG’s Greening Committee and work on neighborhood sustainability, conservation of green spaces, and environmental justice.
What’s Happening around Field Regina Northrop?
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Join the Board
Donate your time and talents to our community and serve on the board! You’ll spend 4-6 hours per month, attend meetings on the third Wednesday of the month, work to steer and plan events and programs and weigh in on city infrastructure, planning and other projects.
Members of historically underrepresented communities are especially encouraged to run. Learn more below!
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Participate in the FRNNG Snow Removal Assistance Program!
This volunteer program to provide snow removal assistance for neighbors in need.
Residents with a disability or physical difficulty that makes it challenging to remove snow may submit a request. Assistance is provided on a volunteer basis.
❄️ If you have the capacity to help a neighbor in need this winter, please sign up!
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Sign up for Creek Restoration
Volunteer to help restore the Minnehaha Creek woods with our Greening Committee team by removing buckthorn, garlic mustard and other invasive plant species and adding native grasses, flowering plants and shrubs. This is a great volunteer opportunity for all - beginners, teens, older kids - and we supply training and other equipment. NO power tools or chemicals are used.
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McRae Summer Celebration
Join McRae Park for its annual end-of-school-year Summer Celebration! The first 500 participants will receive a free ice cream item and there will also be additional items available for purchase.
Enjoy music, a bounce house and other fun yard games that day. Huge thanks to our wonderful park staff for hosting this fun event again this year!
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Neighborhood Loan Programs
FRNNG offers a couple loan options through local nonprofit, CEE. From emergency repairs to installing solar panels, neighborhood loans can help make it possible with low monthly payments, flexible terms and support.
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Next FRNNG Board Meeting
The Board meets on Wed., January 21 at 6:30 p.m. at McRae Rec Center for the Annual Meeting & Board Election. Community members are welcome and encouraged to join the meeting, ask questions, bring ideas and get involved with the neighborhood.
Find more about participating in a meeting, approved meeting minutes, bylaws and financials at frnng.org/about-us.
Volunteer with FRNNG
Get involved with your neighborhood by volunteering with buckthorn removal, our Greening or Communications Committees, on our Board of Directors, with events and more!
Read recent and past issues of our Close to Home newsletter on our Archive page below.
Sign up for our neighborhood e-News, Closer to Home. Share content suggestions (free events, new businesses opening, etc.) with us at frnng@frnng.org.
Support FRNNG with a donation and help the neighborhood make a local impact through community-building events, newsletters and communications and advocacy.