Frogtown Farm is a new 5 acre urban farm in the heart of St. Paul’s Frogtown neighborhood. They have finished construction, planted their first cover crop and are busy planning for a Grand Opening on Saturday, October 3rd.
They are also looking for their first full-time farm manager–a position that is critical for their next phase of development. Interested? Click here to see the job description & and application instructions.
To learn more about Frogtown Farm, visit www.frogtownfarm.org.
MINNEAPOLIS — The Mississippi Watershed Management Organization (MWMO) invites the public to celebrate the completion of its one-of-a-kind Stormwater Park and Learning Center on Saturday, Sept. 19.
The family-friendly grand opening celebration from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. will feature tours, interactive displays and exhibits, and kids’ activities. The event will mark the completion of the MWMO’s public park and facility, which serves as a showcase of landscape features that save, clean and reuse stormwater.
“We have built a beautiful green space for people to enjoy — but more importantly, it’s a place where people can see what green infrastructure looks like and how simple features like raingardens and tree trenches protect our natural resources,” said MWMO Executive Director Doug Snyder.
The park is built around 11 unique, visible stormwater management features. Highlights include a green roof, a 4,500-gallon cistern, large raingardens with native prairie vegetation and a special experiment station to test different soil mixtures for filtering stormwater.
“Not a drop of water that falls on our site runs off into the river,” Snyder said. “Our stormwater treatment train can absorb and clean up to seven inches of stormwater runoff in a single day from our site and the surrounding area.”
The MWMO’s building, which hosts many energy and water-saving technologies, has been upgraded with a number of educational and interpretive features to teach the public how stormwater runoff pollutes water.
The opening of the Stormwater Park and Learning Center involved removing nearly 18,000 tons of contaminated soil and restoring a piece of riverbank to a natural, sustainable state. The project won a Minnesota Brownfields ReScape Award and provides a new public access point to the Mississippi River.
Visitors will also have the opportunity to see the Minneapolis Satellite Reef, part of the worldwide Crochet Coral Project created by the Institute For Figuring, in partnership with the Minneapolis Institute of Art.
When
Saturday, Sept. 19, 2015
10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Where
MWMO Stormwater Park and Learning Center
2522 Marshall Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55418
Photos and Videos
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Event Pages
Eventbrite: https://goo.gl/d5OLP4
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1636684586575311/
Website: http://www.mwmo.org/splcgrandopening.html
Elder Law Clinics at ESNS – Next Clinic: August 22
Neighborhood seniors can meet with an attorney for a half-hour consultation at no charge. Appointments begin at 10:00 am and end at 2:00 pm. To make an appointment contact Laura at (612) 781-6011 or [email protected]. Clinic dates: August 22, September 26 and October 24.
Aging is for Everyone—Health & Wellness Expo 2015
Tuesday – September 15, 2015
10:00 AM to Noon
At East Side Neighborhood Services
East Side 100 Years Centennial Gala
Thursday, September 24, 2015
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM
At the Historic Nicollet Island Pavilion
Nordeast Big River Brew Fest
Saturday, October 10, 1:00 PM to 4:00 PM
East Side Neighborhood Services
BeAirAwareMN.org is a new website that distills and simplifies information about major air pollutants in Minnesota, both outdoor and indoor. It includes:
The website features real-time data about air quality conditions in Minnesota for common pollutants including fine particles and ozone, and is jointly maintained by the Minnesota Department of Health, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and their partners.
For only $70, a team of trusted energy consultants from Home Energy Squad Enhanced will come to your home, evaluate your energy savings opportunities, and install the energy-efficient materials of your choice:
Their team will also:
TO SCHEDULE YOUR VISIT:
Call 612-335-5874
or visit mncee.org/hes-mpls
If your home needs insulation or air sealing, crews from Home Energy Squad Enhanced will provide a quote for the recommended work and connect you to a qualified contractor that will honor the quote.
The City of Minneapolis is supporting Home Energy Squad Enhanced by buying down the cost to $70. Home Energy Squad is provided by CenterPoint Energy and Xcel Energy and delivered by the Center for
Energy and Environment (CEE), a Minneapolis non-profit.
Printable flyers are available at the following links in English and in Spanish:
Minneapolis Spanish HES Flyer
Minneapolis English HES Flyer
When: Saturday, October 3, 10 – 11:30 A.M.
Where: East Side Neighborhood Services, 1700 2nd Street NE
Need funds for home improvements? Help with winter heat bills? Chore assistance for seniors? These questions and more can be answered at the Eastside Resource Fair. Attend this 1-stop shop for info about the many resources, services and assistance programs available to you and your community. From renters to homeowners, young people to seniors, this event has something for everyone.
Presenting partners include:
For further information or if you plan to attend the event and will need translation services or other accommodation, please contact:
Ward 1 Council Associate Lisa Brock 612-673-2201 [email protected]
Ward 3 Council Associate Zach Farley 612-673-2203 [email protected]
Join other residents throughout the 2nd Precinct to develop skills for effectively working with your neighbors and securing your property.
When: October 8th, 2015, 6:30pm-8:00pm
Where: MPD 2nd Precinct, 1911 Central Ave NE
Topics to be covered:
Please RSVP
Call 612-673-2874 or email
[email protected]
When: Tuesday, July 21 or Thursday, August 6, 6-7:30 p.m.
Where: Store To Door office, 1935 W County Rd B2, Suite 250, Roseville 55113
Would you like to help seniors have access to food resources? Store To Door, a nonprofit grocery shopping & delivery service, serves seniors, (60+) who wish to remain at home.
Would you like to make a difference for seniors? Volunteer Order Takers are critically needed. Order Takers volunteer about one hour each week from home, calling clients and entering grocery orders in an online system.
For more information about this valuable program, click here.
The City of Minneapolis’ demographics are changing rapidly, and it is more important than ever to ensure that the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board (MPRB) is meeting the needs of its diverse stakeholders. Therefore, the MPRB has embarked on a critical effort to develop a plan – RecQuest – for the next generation of recreation centers in Minneapolis. And you can be a part of it!
Applications are now being accepted for potential members of the RecQuest Community Advisory Committee (CAC) to be appointed by the MPRB Board of Commissioners. The charge of this CAC is to:
Application deadline is Friday, July 31 at 4pm.
More information can be found here. Online application can be found here.
Store To Door is a nonprofit grocery shopping and delivery service to seniors, age 60+, delivering groceries throughout the seven county metro area. They are committed to giving seniors personal, reliable access to their choice of food and household essentials so they can continue to live in their homes. With the support of volunteer Order Takers and Shoppers they are able to provide essential services to 1800 clients per year.
Volunteer Order Takers are critically needed. Order Takers volunteer about one hour each week from home, calling clients and entering grocery orders in an online system. They are assigned four seniors and call two one week and two the next week. Order Takers use their own phone and computer/tablet to connect to our online/internet ordering system. This grocery ordering system has Cub grocery items in it and orders are entered in it while the senior tells you their grocery order over the phone. Store To Door provides online training modules. This volunteer position can be done at home or during a lunch break as you have online access. Every fall/winter we add over 200 clients which means we need 50 new volunteer order takers each year. It’s fun and rewarding. Visit www.storetodoor.org to learn more!
Volunteer Shoppers work with a Store To Door store coordinators at one of six Cub locations (Bloomington, Chanhassen, Crystal, Midway-St Paul, Maplewood, St. Anthony). Volunteer Shoppers shop individual client orders, (6 a.m. to 10 a.m.) shopping the grocery orders, checking out orders and boxing grocery orders into totes. This position does not require driving as a paid Store To Door driver delivers groceries and collects client payment for groceries.
Volunteering inquiries for both positions can be made to Carolyn Swenson, Volunteer Coordinator, via email at [email protected] or by calling (651) 642-1892 and asking to speak with Carolyn.