Tangletown is a neighborhood in the Southwest community of Minneapolis. The neighborhood was officially known as Fuller until 1996 when it was changed to the present name, which reflects the winding streets in the neighborhood that do not conform to the regular street grid of South Minneapolis. The neighborhood boundaries are 46th Street to the north, Interstate 35W to the east, Diamond Lake Road to the south, and Lyndale Avenue South to the west.
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TANGLETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES (DRAFT)
Monday, April 16, 2012 7:00 p.m.,Fuller Park
Board members present: Mary Jane Mitchell – President,Tony Proell –Vice President, Ryan Fisher – Treasurer, Carolyn Dungan – Secretary, Steve Bieringer, Tjody DeVaal, Andrea Siegel, Jeff Gears, April Heers, Lynell Voigt, Jane Elias
Also present: Amanda Vallone – TNA coordinator, Dan Fern (Tangletown resident), Matt Perry (NEHBA President), Scott Carlston and Todd Mohagen of Carlston Real Estate Inc.
Call to Order 7:05
Introductions
Secretary’s Report and Approval of March meeting minutes
Scott Carlston and Todd Mohagen presented the proposed project at the Aqua City Plumbing site. Afterwards the floor was opened for Q & A. A major concern of board members was the limited parking – there is only one parking space for rental unit and limited spaces for the Yoga business.
Garage Sale – Steve and April reported that planning is going fine and people have begun signing up.
NRP Committee – Ryan, Mary Jane, Amanda and Jane met and looked at open contracts. The mural project is the only contract that is pressing. Amanda passed around the NRP Committee meeting notes to the board members to review on their own.
Arts Committee – Tjody reported that the Craft Show was moved to the front of the Tangletown bike shop in order to bring attention to the 48th and Grand business node. Tjody requested money for advertising and refreshments. Ryan made a motion to provide up to $200 to support advertising and refreshments for the Arts and Crafts sale . Mary Jane seconded the motion. The motion passed unanimously. Ryan noted that we should write checks out directly to vendors in order to better track costs. Food and drinks need to be funded through the Tangletown account since NRP funds can’t be used for food. Jane reported on the Mural project and said that she has 3 artists (Tjody, Beth Rapatz, Tammy Ortega (owns color wheel) and would like more artists to help with the murals and also with mentoring the students. The board can contact Jane with local artists that might be interested. Jane will train the artists in Artscape space in back of Simply Jane. There are two interested businesses – C&G Food and Fuel and Wise Acre restaurant. Amanda reported that there is $6,435 in the contract for the mural project.
Utility Boxes project – Carolyn missed the deadline for sending in the application so we will move this project out to the next installation time frame. July 9th is the due date for the application.
Safety Committee – Janine, Jeff and Steve had nothing to report at this time.
Annual Meeting – Andrea, Amanda, and Jane reported that three speakers have been invited, the agenda for the meeting has been determined and food and beverage vendors have been selected. Tjody will design the postcard that will be mailed to residents inviting them to the meeting. Ryan suggested that each board member invite at least one resident to attend. We may have up to four board seats to fill. Mary Jane noted that members must be at least 18 years old.
Newsletter – Tjody asked for help in distributing to businesses. Amanda will make a business listing by corridor/quadrant
4th of July – Lynell, Ryan, Carolyn. Ryan will set up a meeting request. Mary Jane suggested that Ryan send the invite to all board members and those who can attend will come. Tjody asked if the crafters can sell at the 4th of July event. It was agreed to table this for discussion at the 4th of July committee meeting.
E-News – Ryan will replicate the information on the post card for the annual meeting in E-News.
Lyndale Avenue Bridge Reconstruction/NEHBA/NCEC update – Matt Perry gave an update on the Lyndale road project noting that they are ahead of schedule due to good weather. The bridge project is moving along since they didn’t find any historical items to preserve. It would be nice to have the project done in time for the Twin Cities Marathon the 1st week in October. Caribou is suffering more than most from the construction and the 2nd hardest hit would be the library. The SW Experience shopping guide design is complete and expected to be distributed by the beginning of May. Community engagement committee allotted $13410 in extra funding (to bring us up to 70 % of NRP phase 2 allocation) along with the existing $39110 brings us to $52520 for next period. Elections for Community Engagement Committee are on 6/28. We need to get our elector(from the board) nominated by 6/27. It’s a 2 year engagement.
Special Services District – Ryan had nothing to report at this time.
Discussion of request from Chadwick Phillips for teen youth camp. Mary Jane noted that one way that we could approve funding would be to do so in 25% increments. Amanda is going to research what other neighborhoods are doing and also gather some more details on what the funds would be used for. Mary Jane suggested that we vote on this at the annual meeting. Ryan agreed that this is the type of thing we’d like the community know that we are working on and that we should share the details via email beforehand.
Fuller Park – Carol announced that the Easter event turnout at MLK park was good. The summer programs are posted on the board’s website.
Other business and announcements –Amanda noted that she will send out an email regarding the details of the national meeting that she would like to attend.
Adjournment 8:59pm
Next Meeting: Annual Meeting on Monday, May 20, 2012 – Simply Jane’s
This weekend is the Tangletown Garage Sale! We have nearly 50 participants on the map this year, so there’s certain to be plenty of good deals. View the map here, as well as some tips on disposing of leftover stuff following your sale.
Printed maps will be available for pickup at Fuller Park during their open hours, 3pm – 9pm Mon – Thurs and on Sat. 9am – 4pm. Questions about the event can be directed to garagesale@tangletown.org.
The Tangletown neighborhood garage sale returns in a few weeks. Sales will take place Friday May 4 and Saturday May 5, 8:00 AM to 4:00 PM. Take the opportunity to de-clutter your own space or discover hidden gems for sale by your neighbor. To register your own garage sale and be listed on the neighborhood map, print and mail the form below by Friday April 22.
TANGLETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES (DRAFT)
Monday, March 19, 2011 7:00 p.m., Fuller Park
Board members present: Mary Jane Mitchell – President, Tony Proell –Vice President, Ryan Fisher – Treasurer, Carolyn Dungan – Secretary, Tjody DeVaal – Editor, Andrea Siegel, Lynell Voigt, Janine Allison
Also present: Amanda Vallone – TNA coordinator, Matt Perry – President Nicollet-East Harriet Business Association (NEHBA), Chadwick Phillips – Hip Hop artist requesting grant for class at Watershed, Carole Anderson – Fuller Park, Charlie Siftor – Tangletown Bike Shop, Lance Knuckles – Neighborhood Community Relations (NCR) Support Specialist
Meeting was called to order at 7:08 p.m.
The February meeting minutes were approved without change.
A proposal for $1,500 grant for High School summer class was presented by Chadwick Phillips, a singer, rapper and poet recently from New York city. Mr. Phillips is providing a rhyme/poetry/writing class for high school students this summer from July 9 to August 3 at Watershed School. There are two classes a day- one morning and one afternoon. The curriculum includes life coaching, poem writing, poetry performance, and the history of music, movies, painting, and sketching. The students will receive school credits for taking the course. The expected enrollment is a total of 120. The class will be offered free of charge to the students. The grant will go towards paying for transportation and tuition. The board took the proposal under consideration for discussion and vote at their next meeting.
Matt Perry, president of NEHBA reported NEHBA and the recent Community Engagement meeting. Matt provided Mary Jane and Ryan with information regarding the eligibility of the TNA newsletter for NRP funding. Last year NRP funded 75% of the cost of the newsletter. Matt sent a recommendation to the city staff to restore funding for both official neighborhood and non-neighborhood groups. Matt also requested that $1 Million be given back to neighborhoods based on the dollars lost in NRP phase II, however, there were not enough members at the Community Engagement meeting to achieve a quorum on the vote. Matt reported that Lyndale roadwork begins on Nicollet from Minnehaha Creek to 56th Street during the first week of April and that updates can be found at lyndaleconstruction.com. The marketing plan to support vendors during construction includes three components: Educate, Communicate, Celebrate. A few vendors have responded. Matt announced that $50,000 additional funds have been awarded for façade improvement and that there is an application pending for $50,000 in additional grant money for marketing such as the brochures for Experience Southwest. The City Council will vote on the grant on April 2. Matt commented that NEHBA currently has 85 members, that July is the next cycle and that there is a prorated membership fee of $50 membership for the remaining season for new members (offered through July). Matt made the board aware that Lyndale bridge construction signs and equipment have been moved and signs stolen. Matt requested that the board help get out the word to discourage this since we as taxpayers pay for any damage or movement of signs and also we don’t want anyone to get hurt. It is appropriate to call 911 to report these types of illegal activities. Matt noted that the bridge will be open early to mid October.
Fuller park update was provided by Carole Anderson. Most of the supplies for the Fuller Park building renovations have been ordered but renovations have been delayed. There is still $10,000 unused funds in the contract. Janine moved to extend the contract to 12/31/2012. The board passed the motion unanimously. Carole announced that the annual Bunny Party will be hosted at Fuller Park on April 7 from 10 to 11:30 by Community Service Area 10 (Martin Luther King, Lyndale, Farmstead, Fuller and Painter parks). Carole noted that the summer program sign up starts April 14, registration is open now for sport programs and that an open house for the recreation plus program will be held tomorrow night at Fuller Park.
Newsletter update was provided by Tjody DeVaal. Mary Jane approved Tjody’s proposal to include in the newsletter an announcement for the Tangletown Crafters’ show in early June. Tjody noted that we have a sufficient number of articles for this edition. The board discussed the preferred method of delivery for the newsletter. The Southwest Journal delivers on April 2 but Amanda feels that the best delivery is by U.S. mail. Tjody stated that the printer will put the mailing labels on the newsletters and deliver them to the post office. Since the post office takes up to 3 weeks for bulk mail delivery Ryan suggested that we could send it first class and it would get delivered right away but that it would increase the postage cost from approximately $400 to $800. The board decided to continue with bulk mail delivery. Ryan will deposit the dollars in the Post Office account by April 1. The board members will let Tjody know when they receive the newsletter in the mail to gauge how long it takes.
Community Coordinator report was provided by Amanda Vallone. Amanda has arranged to have appetizers purchased from Prima, drinks from Kowalski’s, and deserts provided by board members at the annual meeting. We may also possibly purchase coffee from Caribou. We have a new Neighborhood Support Specialist, Lance Knuckles. Lance will be our eyes and ears for partnering with the city. Lance will attend our meetings every other month. He would like to help us look at CPP plans and our financials. Mary Jane suggested that at a fall meeting Lance explain to the board all of the various city programs to which we have access. We can reach out to Lance at Lance.Knuckles@minneapolismn.gov.
Garage sale – Steven and April not present. Mary Jane believes that funds for more sandwich boards has already been approved by the board.
Treasurer’s report was provided by Ryan Fisher. The streetscaping project renderings are in the works and should help to get businesses excited about the project. Ryan met with Lance Knuckles and Amanda Vallone to discuss the payment process reimbursements under NCR.
Tangletown Bike Shop update was provided by Charlie Siftor. The grand opening for the shop is on Saturday, March 24th from 10am– 6pm. The shop provides bicycle sales and service. The soft opening was March 1st. The response from the community has been good and the shop is already busy.
TANGLETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES (DRAFT)
Monday, February 20, 2012 7:00 p.m., Fuller Park
Board members present: Mary Jane Mitchell – President, Tony Proell –Vice President, Carolyn Dungan – Secretary, Steve Bieringer, Andrea Siegel, Jane Elias, Lynell Voigt
Also present: Amanda Vallone – TNA coordinator, Tom (Tangletown resident), Brent, Seth and Charlie (owners of new bike shop).
Meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m.
The January meeting minutes were approved without change.
Treasurer’s Report – Ryan was not present so there was no Treasurer’s report.
Introduction of new bike shop owners – A new bike shop will move into the space previously occupied by Carlson bikes. The owners and operators of the new shop, Seth, Brent and Charlie have extensive experience and run two other bike shops in the city – Recovery Bike Shop at 25th and Central in Northeast and Recycle Bike shop in Uptown. The new shop will open March 1st and will have extended hours as compared with the Carlson shop. They will sell mostly refurbished bikes but will also carry some new bikes. The owners are interested in connecting to the community and asked for the board’s support in helping them do so. Mary Jane suggested reaching out to the people at Creekside Commons to get involved with their bike rodeo and also having a presence at the 4th of July Celebration at Fuller Park. Mary Jane also suggested that the Walk Tangletown Day could be expanded to a Bike/Walk Tangletown Day and the bike shop could be involved in this event. Amanda suggested that the next TNA newsletter include an article introducing the new shop.
Follow up meeting with John Quincy – Ryan, Andrea and Mary Jane met with John to share the board’s list of potential goals for the upcoming year. John had a couple of ideas for the board – a water reclamation project at Diamond Lake and a litter pick up event. John explained that the NCR differs from the NRP in that they are connected to the city vision, they work on concerns for seniors, they pull together leaders and create interconnectivity and sharing of resources between neighborhoods. John suggested that TNA consider holding the next annual meeting at another venue to highlight another neighborhood establishment such as Mayflower Church or Creekside Commons. John’s thought is that it may also serve as a draw to get people to the meeting. Ryan had suggested that we also hold a party after the annual meeting. Jane offered her paint studio as a place to hold the annual meeting. Andrea suggested hiring one of the restaurants affected by the bridge closing to cater the event. Prima is a good possibility. Tony suggested a having a give away at the meeting as incentive to get people there. Possible prizes would be a bike or a gift certificate to Kowalskis. Mary Jane suggested that a committee plan the annual meeting – Jane, Andrea and Amanda all volunteered. The committee will put together a plan for the annual meeting by our next board meeting in March. Other things John mentioned were 1) He hopes to host in South Minneapolis the 2013 National Neighborhood Conference 2) John asked how often he should come to the TNA board meetings and Mary Jane suggested 4 times per year.
May 2012 Garage Sale – Steve and April. The dates for the sale are May 4th and 5th. There is nothing else new to report. Steve will forward information to Tjody to include on the postcard mailing.
Mural – Jane received the notes from Rhea. We are doing 3 murals. Jane will take care of leading volunteers but will need help from Amanda with the paper work. The letter is ready to send to businesses that might be interested in having a mural. Janie has received a response from 3 artists to help and she’s thinking there’s more. We already have the funds. Tony will give Janie name of contacts at Washburn to get students involved in the project.
Safety committee – Steve, Jeff – No updates.
Annual meeting – see #5.
Newsletter – Amanda offered to help with the newsletter. Amanda noted that Windom has advertisements in their newsletter so it is self supporting. Mary Jane will make a list of article subjects and email to the board members for people to volunteer to put together articles. Deadline for articles March 15th. Amanda suggested that we put the deadlines for each newsletter in a calendar.
E-News – Ryan was not present. Mary Jane noted that the E-News will go out 3 days before garage sale applications are due.
Lyndale Avenue Bridge Reconstruction – The flyer for NEHBA Expect the Unexpected Shop Southwest will be distributed starting tomorrow. A PDF of poster is available and will be posted in businesses tomorrow. A link for information on the bridge project will be provided in our next newsletter and E-News. NEHBA received an additional grant of $50,000 from the city to help business affected by the bridge reconstruction
Future planning/ideas – Amanda provided a handout outlining what she will need from board members. She will be working on reallocating Phase 2 NRP funds to the new CPP.
Fuller Park Update – Carol not present. Mary Jane noted that the blood drive is coming up.
Other business and announcements – NCEC (Neighborhood Community Engagement Commission) will be holding a community connection conference with approximately 400 attendees. Amanda will attend and send out notes on the meeting. Matt noted that food will not be an eligible expense under NRP.
TANGLETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES
Monday, January 16, 2012 7:00 p.m., Fuller Park
Board members present: Mary Jane Mitchell – President, Tony Proell –Vice President, Ryan Fisher – Treasurer, Carolyn Dungan – Secretary, Jane Elias, Janine Allison, Tjody DeVaal, Lynell Voigt, Steve Bieringer, April Heers
Also present: Matt Perry (NEHBA President), Christy (applicant for coordinator position)
Meeting was called to order at 7:02 p.m.
The November meeting minutes were approved without change at the December meeting/holiday gathering.
NRP Subcommittee report – Subcommittee members Ryan, April, Mary Jane and Jane reported that they haven’t met recently and that they need to schedule another meeting. A concern was raised that we need to look at spending our NRP funds before we lose them. Christy noted that we need to put the allocations into contracts in order to not lose the funds. Matt Perry clarified and said that we need a contract with the city and not yet with the individual vendors. Mary Jane noted that we have funds “earmarked” for things like trees, bicycle racks, streetscaping of the bridges and landscaping of the water tower.
Halloween Tour final report – Tjody reported that her and Jeff debriefed and documented what went well and what could use improvement and that the framed awards had been delivered to the winners.
Mary Jane announced that there is a request from City Councilmember John Quincy to put together a list of the board’s goals for this year so that he can help support those goals. Board members mentioned a few possible goals of events, annual meetings, the mural project, possibly a walk Tangletown event, and support of local businesses during the Lyndale Avenue bridge construction. Mary Jane suggested that the board come up with short term and long term plans. Mary Jane will set up a meeting with John Quincy on an upcoming Wednesday and all board members will be invited to attend.
Garage Sale – Steve and April will chair again. The event will be on May 4th & 5th. Steve noted that the sandwich boards work well for advertising and that we could use more of them. Currently we have four. The event will be announced in E-news, the newsletter and by a postcard mailing in a bright color. The post card should be mailed the 1st week in April. Mary Jane suggested the we provide a list of places to bring leftover garage sale items for participants.
Mural Project – Rhea provided some notes on this to Ryan. Jane and Ryan stated that they will review the notes and Ryan will initiate the contract with NCR and Jane will move forward with the project. Jane has a number of applicants and will write to Washburn for interested students. Tony suggested using the newsletter to solicit student involvement because there are quite a few involved parents on the newsletter distribution list.
Newsletter – Tjody reported that she has less time to commit to this project. Mary Jane suggested that we should form a newsletter committee. Tjody noted that the Southwest Journal is now filled with ads so maybe we don’t use this distribution method any more. The target date for Spring newsletter is a March mailing. Some items to include in the newsletter: garage sale, 4th of July steering committee and volunteers, annual meeting 1st week in May, TT treasures.
E-News – Ryan noted that there are 450 subscribers – some outside of Tangletown.
Lyndale Avenue Bridge Reconstruction – Matt Perry stated that construction is to start tomorrow. The closure was expected in spring so this is early due to the finding that endangered species spawn in the creek in the spring last weeks in March first week in April. There are lots of unknowns so they are starting early to be done in October. NEHBA put together a flyer to provide to local businesses and it will be distributed today. There will be a meeting 12:30 Wed Jan 18 at Washburn with city and county officials with business owners to begin a dialogue. Matt feels that it would be helpful to have input from neighbors for other alternate routes so that the city can manage the traffic on these routes. Of concern is Humbolt and increased traffic because of kids at Lynhurst Park and also the street is not built for a lot of traffic. Mary Jane asked what can the board do to help. Matt suggested we promote the businesses and focus on alternative routes. The official walking route is the Bryant pedestrian bridge. Ryan offered to do an email blast regarding the bridge project. Janine asked if businesses can have picture or rendition of new bridge to show customers. Matt agreed that this is a very good idea.
Janelle Nivens’ blog story on Tangletown neighborhood – Mary Jane asked the board if there is anything that we want to add. The board agreed that it’s a great article with nice pictures. Tjody suggested adding the goals for board and support of a free walking tour.
Fuller Park update – Carole Anderson not present.
Other business and announcements – There was no kite fest this year due to lack of ice (Lake Harriet). Matt commented on the Holiday campaign. He thought that the signs and flyers were well distributed and there was good press of the initiative. Matt also noted that some lessons learned are that for Experience SW facebook page, there were many likes many outside of Minneapolis proper. The initiative doubled the hit rate on Experience South West online directory (10,000 page views). Matt also noted that they are branding the flyers so that the flyer colors for the Experience South West and the flyer for the bridge construction have the same look and feel and color scheme.
Treasurer’s report – Ryan noted that the TNA balance is $9,164.00, the NCR account is $5,000.00 and the NRP account is $3,111.00. Matt noted that the updated guidelines are due to us in April and the new guidelines may allow for some food expenses.
The Lyndale Ave bridge crossing Minnehaha Creek is scheduled to close January 17, 2012, several weeks ahead of schedule. Please refer to the flyer from Nicollet East Harriet Business Association for information on reaching our local businesses effectively. Bridge construction and Lyndale Ave reconstruction south to 56th Street will continue through Fall 2012.
TANGLETOWN NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION
REGULAR BOARD MEETING MINUTES Monday, November 21, 2011 7:00 p.m., Fuller Park
Board members present: Mary Jane Mitchell – President, Tony Proell –Vice President, Ryan Fisher – Treasurer, Carolyn Dungan – Secretary, Andrea Siegel, Jane Elias, Janine Allison
Also present: Matt Perry (NEHBA President), Bob Pomroy (President of LLC governing Creekside Commons), John Quincy (City Council Member)
1. Meeting was called to order at 7:03 p.m.
2. The October meeting minutes were approved without change.
3. Treasurer’s Report – Ryan reported that the NPR balance is $3,333.51 and the new NCR account beginning balance is $5,000.
4. Bob Pomroy, President of LLC governing Creekside Commons is attending the meeting tonight as an efforts to maintain good communication with the neighborhoods surrounding the Commons. Bob reported that the Creekside tenants are having a good experience. The facility is at full occupancy with a six month waiting list. This facility is permanent housing. There is another facility at 37th and Nicollet with one year leases. The following email address may be used for reporting any concerns regarding the Creekside Commons rpomroy@tcfbank.com. Bob also mentioned that bicycle donations are welcome, especially girl’s bicycles as well as lights and helmets.
5. Vacancy created by Coordinator Rhea Sullivan’s departure – The committee will meet to look for a replacement. There’s a posting on the TNA website and Ryan reported that three people have expressed interest. We have some recommendations from Rhea as well. It was noted that it may be best to wait to hire someone until January or February after the NRP/NCR transition takes place.
6. Crime Prevention Specialists – John Quincy stated that the city council is working to adjust the budget in order to keep on staff the Crime Prevention Specialists (CPS) including Amy Lavender. Right now their positions are in jeopardy of being cut.
7. NRP Subcommittee report – Jane Elias reported that they are ready to proceed with the mural project and that they will begin to move forward in January after the holidays. Matt Perry mentioned that murals are eligible also for Great Streets Improvement funds in addition to NRP funds. Matt spoke to the fact that NRP is not ending but rather being replaced by NCR and we should see no difference other than contracts may take longer. The TNA contract will be figured out in the beginning of 2012. Another project that would use NRP funds is the landscaping of the water tower and Lyndale and Nicollet Avenue bridges. This would be a partnership with Tangletown Gardens and the owner there, Scott, is very excited to implement this project.
8. Halloween Haunted House Tour – All agreed that this was a successful and fun event for the community and that we foresee it growing next year to include more houses and more people taking the tours.
9. Matt Perry (NEHBA) – 1. The business association applied for a $50,000 grant from the City of Minneapolis for façade improvement for south of the creek. Businesses can come to NEHBA to apply. Matt suggested that we work with Councilman Quincy to get 48th & Grand designated a commercial node so that they can get city grants. Also 43th and Bryant is not a commercial node but probably should be. The match from the business association is limited by the city to only “business nodes”. 2. Matt announced the holiday marketing event Experience Southwest that promotes shopping locally. The event is being marketed via the Southwest Journal, Facebook and Twitter and lasts through the end of the year. 3. Lyndale Avenue project has lost their point person and so they are looking for a replacement to help with the survival guide and maps to help the affected businesses.
10. E-News – This reaches approximately 480 people and we also have 200 friends on Facebook. It has not been determined when the next E-News will go out.
11. Dollar Store Lighting – Ryan reported that the neighbors are happy with the resolution.
12. CAC Dog Park – Tony reported that the last meeting is tomorrow night and that there is $132,500 budgeted for this project. Matt Perry suggested in future it would be more effective to form a Community Committee to decide and plan all of these types of community projects.
13. Fuller Park Update – Carole Anderson is absent and so there was no report this month.
14. Christmas Party – Janie Elias again offered her paint studio for the location. It will be a potluck dinner. The date is Monday, December 19th.
15. Other business and announcements – Carlson Cycles appears to have closed its doors. There is a Women’s Art Festival at Midtown YWCA on December 10th. There is also an art show at Simply Jane’s Art Escape studio on December 9th and 10th. Both events will host local artists. Mary Jane spoke to the possibility of forming a Community Engagement Committee that would oversee projects like the Facebook page and welcoming new residents. The Communications Committee will look into this at their next meeting.
Dear Tangletown (TNA) and Field Regina Northrup (FRNNG) residents:
Our two neighborhoods have joined in partnership in announcing that MN-DOT has assigned Landscape
Architect Todd Carroll to design the planting for the freeway wall that faces our homes on Second
Avenue and Stevens Avenue South.
MN-DOT has allocated approximately $350,000 for plants, trees, and shrubs, along with perennials
for our project to cover both sides of the freeway wall from 46th Street to 51st Street on both Second
Avenue and Stevens Avenue. We have planned a one-time meeting for all interested residents to
provide an opportunity to have input in this project. Having beautiful landscaping around our homes
and in front increases the property value and it welcomes new home-buyers to our neighborhood.
Thanks to the leadership of the FRNNG Greening Committee, Greening Committee chair Ted Moe and
members, who have led the pre-planning and have gathered input from their neighborhood on what
the vision of the walls should look like and have assisted MN-DOT. Tangletown and FRNNG residents,
it is vital that we have your final input on your vision on how the landscaping will look on both frontage
roads..
As presidents of your neighborhood boards, Tangletown Neighborhood Association and Field Regina
Northrup Neighborhood Group, we are reaching out to ask you to please attend an upcoming meeting
where you can share your ideas of what you would like to see planted along the frontage freeway wall.
It is our understanding that MN-DOT will be putting this out to bid by early spring 2012.
The meeting will be held on Tuesday, December 13, 2011, from 7 – 8 p.m. at Field Community School in
the Media Center, 4645 – 4th Avenue South.
Please feel free to contact FRNNG Program Manager Valerie Powers at 612-721-5424 or either of us if
you have any questions.
Tangletown is a neighborhood in the Southwest community of Minneapolis. The neighborhood was officially known as Fuller until 1996 when it was changed to the present name, which reflects the winding streets in the neighborhood that do not conform to the regular street grid of South Minneapolis. The neighborhood boundaries are 46th Street to the north, Interstate 35W to the east, Diamond Lake Road to the south, and Lyndale Avenue South to the west.
Experience Southwest
