The Field Regina Northrop Neighborhood Group, Inc. (established in 1965)
1620 E. 46th St. (Lake Nokomis Presbyterian Church), Minneapolis, MN 55407
FRN Info Line: 612-721-5424 • Fax: 612-721-4539 • E-mail: frnng@mtn.org

The Field Regina Northrop Neighborhood Newsletter
CLOSE TO HOME for February - March 2010

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Community Energy Services is an easy, one-stop program designed to help homeowners reduce their energy use and save money in their home. The Field Regina Northrop Group has teamed up with the Center for Energy and Environment, CenterPoint Energy and Xcel Energy to offer Field Regina Northrop homeowners this full-service residential energy program. more

Watershed High School Medieval Feast. Fri., Feb. 5 and Sat., Feb. 6. more

Greening Committee announces 2010 Rain Barrel Program. Go green and save money! Details here.

Fourth Annual Ward 8 Community Leader Awards and the Stephanie Ball-Bailey Youth Leader Award. On Friday, January 29, Elizabeth will present the Fourth Annual Ward 8 Community Leader Awards and the Stephanie Ball-Bailey Youth Leader Award. If you know of a neighbor, block club, organization, business, youth group, or faith-based program in the 8th Ward that deserves recognition, we would like your input! Please note that the Stephanie Ball-Bailey Youth Leader Award is intended to recognize youth and young adults for their leadership and community contributions.

Please send nominations (in 150 words or less) for either award to Elizabeth.glidden@ci.minneapolis.mn.us or mail to Councilmember Elizabeth Glidden, 350 South Fifth Street, Minneapolis, MN 55415 no later than Monday, January 25.

The awards will be presented at Early Mornings with Elizabeth on January 29, 2010, from 7:30 – 9 am at Turtle Bread, 4762 Chicago Ave. Be sure to mark your calendars for this fun filled event where great neighbors will be recognized! Free coffee courtesy of Turtle Bread!

8th Ward News. Monthly newsletters from Councilmember Elizabeth Glidden are available here.

Join us on Facebook. Meet your neighbors on FRNNG's facebook page.

South Minneapolis Housing & Home Improvement Fair, March 6, 2010. Free and open to the public, the annual Fair promotes city living, home improvement and maintenance, and community involvement. more.

Is there a vacant or problem property near your home? Field Regina Northrop Neighborhood Group is interested in keeping track of properties in our neighborhood that have become vacant, abandoned or are otherwise causing concern to their neighbors.  In order to keep the city and neighborhood engaged in improving our neighborhoods, please contact the FRNNG office if you notice a vacant or problem property on your block: (612) 721-5424 or frnng@mtn.org.

The Northrop neighborhood has a Google group for posting messages about the neighborhood. You can sign up here. The group is a terrific forum for discussion of issues and items of interest in the Northrop neighborhood of Minneapolis. Please check it out!

In an effort to support local business, the Field Regina Northrop Neighborhood Group Business Committee would like to begin spotlighting a local business in each issue of Close to Home. If you are interested in having your business in the spotlight, please contact frn-busines@googlegroups.com for more information. The FRNNG Business Committee seeks to support local business through business awareness campaigns, business education programming and targeted loan programs. The Committee meets regularly on the first Thursday of each month. For more information, please contact: frn-business@googlegroups.com

• November 18, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf)
• October 21, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf)
• September 16, 2009 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf)
• April 16, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf)
• March 19, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf)
• February 20, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf)
• January 16, 2008 Board Meeting Minutes
• August 15, 2007 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf)
• September 19, 2007 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf)
• October 17, 2007 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf)
• November 28, 2007 Board Meeting Minutes (pdf)

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Surveys indicate that a large majority of parents are worried about raising compassionate, thoughtful children in today's consumer saturated culture. It's not surprising when you think about the constant media messages our kids receive that reinforce materialism, narcissism, and entitlement. Read more

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Women's Art Group
Paint, Draw, Knit, Crafts, whatever... Do it with Friends Read more

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Asbury United Methodist Church (45th St & Bloomington Ave) invites all to free community suppers held each Wednesday at 5:45 p.m. Read more

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Exercise Class for Adults
McRae Park - Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7:15 PM

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The City of Minneapolis needs your input on improving transportation and bringing back streetcars. Give us your opinion on the draft 10-year Citywide Transportation Action Plan and on the draft Streetcar Feasibility Study. For more information visit: www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/public-works/trans-plan

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WHAT IS FRNNG?

The Field Regina Northrop Neighborhood Group (FRNNG) is the recognized neighborhood organization for three neighborhoods in south Minneapolis -- Field, Regina and Northrop. These three neighborhoods encompass the area bounded by Second Avenue South and Cedar Avenue, East 42nd Street and Minnehaha Creek (map). Each of these neighborhoods was named for a local school — Field and Northrop public elementary schools, which are still in operation, and Regina, a parochial school which now houses PICA Head Start and La Creche Early Childhood Center.

FRNNG welcomes the participation of neighborhood residents, businesses and property owners.

Minneapolis Community Planning and Economic Development (CPED) has recently prepared Neighborhood Census Profiles for the Field, Regina and Northrop neighborhoods. These profiles visually display selected neighborhood census trends from the 1980, 1990 and 2000 censuses, and include the corresponding city-wide trend line for the same period (when available). The profiles also include the most recent land use and zoning maps, and plan "base" maps.

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