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Nokomis Village

Nokomis East Neighborhood Association Lake Nokomis
About NENA, its projects & programs, task forces, volunteers, mission, and staff. Living, shopping, and working in the four Nokomis East Neighborhoods. Issues and opinions, letters, humor, message boards, and related pieces. Useful links and contacts.
 In the Neighborhood
  Updated 6/19/13

New itemCrime Update (Updated 1/26/13)

New itemThe latest 11th and 12th Ward City Council Updates/Newsletters

Looking for somewhere to go or something to do in Nokomis East? Check our expanded Parks & Recreation Section

Naturescape gardens
Longfellow Gardens

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Welcome Home!  The Neighborhood section is where you will find topical information on living and working in the Nokomis East neighborhood--and even a little about our good neighbors in the surrounding areas.

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Shop the Great Nokomis East Neighborhood-Wide Garage & Yard Sale, Saturday, June 22

Map and Location List DownloadsGo there

Garage Sale Shoppers: Spend a Super Saturday shopping to your heart’s content at the fourth-annual Nokomis East Neighborhood-wide Yard & Garage Sale on June 22.  We hope you will benefit from the deals at 136 separate sales locations, all within the Nokomis East area.

This community-wide event covers the area south of Minnehaha Parkway and east of Cedar Ave.  Pick up a map showing locations and a Location List that includes the types of items at the individual sales. 

Pick up your printed map and listings at any of these selected local businesses, outside the NENA office or ONLINE.

  • 3-Tiers Bakery, 5011 34th Ave. So
  • Nokomis Beach Coffee, 4956 28th Ave So
  • Berry Sweet Kitchen, 5406 34th Ave So
  • Nokomis Shoe Shop, 4950 34th Ave So
  • NENA office, 3000 E 50th St
  • Oxyndale's Market, 5025 34th Ave. S.

Or download the map and Listing:

Opens new windowDownload the 2013 Map (1.7 KbAdobe Reader PDF)

Opens new windowDownload the 2013 Location List (522 Kb Adobe Reader PDF)

Map out your route, or simply cruise the neighborhood for sales.

This is a rain-or-shine event, Saturday, June 22th, 8:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m Individual sellers have the right to cancel, change their hours, or expand days of sale.

All sale locations are run by their respective sellers, and are fully independent of NENA.

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Gateway Gardens Update
Has been moved to its own Nokomis East page.

Gateway Gardens Facebook Page And don't forget: Nokomis East Gateway Gardens is on Facebook

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The Night Before New Year's Eve Party, ringing in 2010 - The Video

NBNYE Party, 12/30/09

NENA's 10th-annual "The Night Before New Year's Eve Party" on December 30, 2009 was the subject of a production by the Minneapolis Television Network (MTN). See the night in review, and look for friends and acquaintances. It's a fun vid and captures the spirit of the night well.

It may be seen online in two parts at: http://mtn.org/Video/community/shows/2010/nokomis.html (fixed link 2/18)

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City offers Graffiti Solutions webpage
Creative responses to graffiti include murals, landscaping and more.
(2/11/08)

Stop Graffiti Now!The City of Minneapolis has a webpage to allow neighbors to share creative tips for preventing graffiti. "Every day I see more and more creativity from neighbors who are using art and landscaping to prevent graffiti," 9th Ward Council Member Gary Schiff said. I hope this website becomes a tool for neighbors to submit their own photos and share ideas across the city.

The webpage www.minneapolismn.gov/graffiti/ shows examples such as landscaping, murals and types of fencing that deter graffiti. Residents are encouraged to send in photos of their own efforts, and share helpful tips. Graffiti often collects on large flat blank surfaces, such as buildings, garages and flat fences. Landscaping, like ivy or other clinging plants helps to reduce the likelihood of graffiti on a surface. Some fences are less likely to be spray painted such as fences with board gaps, alternating boards or lattices.

Report Graffiti online.

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Radon detection kits available from County

Hennepin County is offering radon detection kits to enable you to test for the presence of this invisible, odorless and dangerous gas in your home.

Radon, a naturally occurring gaseous form of ionizing radiation, has been ranked by the Surgeon General as the second leading cause of lung cancer in the United States. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency lists Hennepin County as a high-potential radon region, where one in every three homes is likely to have elevated radon levels.

Kits are $9, or two for $17.

These tests can be purchased at home building centers or in person at:
1011 First Street So., Suite 215, Hopkins, MN 55343
or by mailing the form (link below) to the same address, along with a personal check made out to Hennepin County Treasurer.

Online order form, Or call (612) 543-5225.

(Updated 5/02/13)

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United States Geological Survey

Minnehaha Creek monitoring. The USGS now provides real-time monitoring of the creek's level and flow, as measured under the Highway 55 bridge. Website (12/06/05)

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Rides for Seniors

Nokomis Healthy SeniorsAre you a senior citizen in need of a ride to medical or dental appointment? If you live east of 35W and south of 42nd St., the Nokomis Health Seniors program has volunteer drivers who are ready and eager to help seniors get to and from the necessary appointments they may have.

To schedule a ride, or for more information about Nokomis Healthy Seniors, call the help line at (612)729-5499. Office hours are 8am to 4pm. Voice mail is available after hours. (6/07/05)

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Twin Cities Free MarketDo you have forgotten kid toys collecting dust in the attic? Have exercise equipment in the basement that could be someone else’s treasure? Thinking about fixing up the garage to watch those Vikings? Try the Twin Cities Free Market! Residents can log into a website where they can post their old stuff online and browse the free items other residents have posted. There are 300-400 new items listed every week. Some recent items include a gas grill, landscape rocks, a pet carrier and a cast-iron sink.

Participating in the Twin Cities Free Market keeps reusable goods out of the trash, and helps people avoid buying new, which is great for the environment and the pocketbook. In Hennepin County alone, it's estimated that 32 million pounds of usable clothing and household goods are thrown away each year - that's enough to fill shopping carts lined up from Minneapolis to Milwaukee.

In 2003, The Free Market had more than 8,000 listings and facilitated more than 4,000 exchanges, amounting to more than 500 tons of materials. The Twin Cities Free Market is funded in part by Hennepin County.

Want to give it a try? Just visit: www.twincitiesfreemarket.org/

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