
Annual Meeting & Board Election
Your voice and participation are essential to our neighborhood organization at our community's Annual Meeting & Board Election on Wednesday, May 28 from 6–7:30 p.m.
Enjoy free refreshments and child care, run for the board and hear from featured speakers include Eric Roper and Melissa Townsend from the Star Tribune on the Ghost of a Chance podcast. Please note that Board Election voting will be in-person only this year. Learn more about joining the board below.
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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Thank You to Lauren
Please join us in thanking our outgoing Community Coordinator, Lauren, who is wrapping up her years with FRNNG this month. If you've been at a neighborhood event or monthly meeting, you've seen Lauren serving our community there.
She will run another Minneapolis neighborhood organization and keep cheering FRNNG on as a neighbor. Thank you, Lauren!
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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., May 28 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.