Public meeting on Lake Nokomis Weir Renovation, Feb 9 The Minnehaha Creek Watershed District (MCWD) and the MPRB are hosting an informational meeting to discuss the renovation of the automatic weir with a manual version on Thurs, Feb 9 at 6:30 p.m. at the Lake Nokomis Community Center (2401 E. Minnehaha Pkwy). More Information (Updated 1/04/12)

Keewaydin School will double space with addition, Longfellow/Nokomis Messenger, Jan 25, 2012, by Tesha M. Christensen. Read the online edition (Jan 25)

Lake Nokomis Community School, Keewaydin, upcoming facilities improvements: The project is on a fast-track and the design work is still in the early stages. At the Jan 19 public meeting, much of the discussion focused around a still-rough layout of the expansion which includes additional classrooms, a new kitchen, cafeteria, gym and a separate auditorium. There was also some passionate discussion about the need to relocate the Keewaydin playground and wading pool (which are in the construction footprint). The next public meeting will be when plans are closer to finalization in late February or April. More info, schedules & plans are on Keewaydin's Construction Page (Updated 1/20)

Keewaydin Park Master Plan: The Mpls Park and Rec Board (MPRB) held a public design workshop on Jan 21, for the purpose of looking at options for a new Keewaydin Park. This was necessitated by the school's expansion plans. Six resident breakout groups submitted designs and justifications. Planners say that in a few weeks they will have some preliminary plans ready. MPRB's Keewaydin Master Plan page. (Updated 1/23)

Rezoning the LRT Station Areas. City Planning staff have proposed zoning changes (some increased density & height) for land in the Nokomis East Station Areas covering the areas between the 50th Street and VA Medical Center LRT stations. You may still comment on the changes before the March 5 hearing. Rezoning documents online here. (Updated 1/20/12)

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Summary of Pt 1 Crimes - Nokomis East: 1/12 - 1/19: Sue Roethele, the MPD's Crime Prevention Specialist (CPS) for our neighborhood, has supplied crime stats for the first part of this month. Download from our Crime Update page. (1/26/12)

Book Sale, Sat, Jan 28: Bargain hunters and book lovers take note: the Friends of the Nokomis Library will hold a sale of hundreds of adult and children's fiction and nonfiction books in hardcover and paperback. Most books will be priced $1 or less. Funds raised will benefit the library. 10am - 4pm. Nokomis Branch, 5100 - 34th Ave S. (1/25)

Valentine’s Dinner & Family Dance - Sat, Feb 11: Lake Nokomis Community School is holding a fundraiser dance, silent auction and spaghetti dinner on Feb 11, from 5 – 8:30 pm at the Crosstown Covenant Church. This family event will feature the great DJ's from KidsDance, great auction items and food from Fat Lorenzo's. Download the flyer (11/25)

Di Noko's pizza gets reviewed: Heavy Table's blog does a great review of our newest pizzeria's Chicago-style deep dish, regular crust and buffalo wings. Click here for the review. (1/10/12)

Snow Emergency Alerts: Sign up for notifications via email, phone, texts, Facebook or Twitter.  Then learn the rules and avoid being plowed-in or getting ticketed and towed. Verify the current parking status or learn where not to park. (Updated: 12/06)

BOM/Camp Coldwater Update: The National Park Service has begun demolition of buildings on the 27-acre Bureau of Mines site. Most of the site will be restored to an open space resembling oak savanna & tall grass prairie. The current springhouse and reservoir will be historically restored. Read more here. (Update: 1/01/12)

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The Night Before New Years Eve Party. Perhaps a thousand guests stopped by the Nokomis Community Center to celebrate the New Year a day early. It was a fantastic evening, and many thanks are due the great volunteers and contributors that helped make December 30th memorable for so many area families. More Information (Updated 1/04/12)

Gateway Gardens 2011: Thank you! to all the volunteers who did such a tremendous job weeding & maintaining the gardens this past year. NENA would like to especially thank Trish Schilling for all her time and effort spent coordinating the efforts. We can't wait to see it next spring after the 1,100 plants and trees have benefited from 2011's first full growing season. (Updated 10/24)

Mpls Monarch Festival: Thank you to everyone who made this a great day of celebration. We hope you enjoyed it!  The event planners would especially like to thank all of the many volunteers who gave their time to this event. They made it happen!  Among all the activities that day, 400 live monarchs were tagged and released in small groups, allowing 1500 children and adults to start a monarch's amazing journey home to Mexico.   2011 photos are up on Facebook Or visit: www.monarchfestival.org

Minneapolis wins 2009 Emerald City Globe Award  Our city was selected from 174 other candidates to receive the coveted 2009 Emerald City Award for its work in green promotion. Read the Press Release in the Lighter Side. (April 1, 2009)  There's more, like the Glowing Walleyes, the Sharks in Minnehaha Creek and the Viking Timbers in Lake Nokomis. They're all in the Lighter Side.

2011 NENA Board Election Results:  NENA held it's 2011 Annual Neighborhood Meeting and Board elections on may 24. NENA welcomes new Board members: Eric Rehm (Minnehaha), Andrea Javi (Morris Park), Bill Koncak (At-Large) and, Will Teevan (At-Large). New Board & Executive list (5/27/11)

NENA's NRP Phase II Action Plan was approved by residents on Oct 28:  The Plan lists out our goals and strategies, starting in 2011. The Plan will now go to the NRP Policy Board and finally the City Council. The plan is available for viewing: Acrobat PDF(1.2 Megs) (Updated 10/29)

Nokomis East Gateway Gardens Planted! The first phase of our community butterfly/native plant garden on the site of the old dry cleaner building is complete. More than 35 volunteers planted 1,750 plants on October 2 & 3 making this a true community garden!  More information and site plan. (Updated 10/05/10)

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