Lynnhurst/Fulton Garage Sale!

Time for the annual Lynnhurst and Fulton garage sale! 9/21 9:00am-4:00pm rain or shine!   Check out the map below for details on some of the garage sales! Lynnhurst Fulton Map 24

Environmental Justice Bus Tour

Join your southwest Minneapolis neighbors on a tour of North Minneapolis with community leaders and hear about the issues around some of the most persistent environmental health problems in low-income and communities of color in the state. Each of the sponsoring neighborhood associations has a limited number of seats on the bus for residents of their neighborhood. This is an opportunity for neighbors across southwest Minneapolis to learn together and have important conversations about this critical issue in our city. Tour participants will meet the bus at 10 AM on Saturday, September 28th in the Armatage Park Recreation Center parking lot (2500 W. 57th St.) (not the school parking lot) and return by 1 PM. A snack will be provided. Please bring a water bottle. Bus tour tickets are $25  and all ticket sales go directly to support Community Members for Environmental Justice (CMEJ). Your ticket payment can be made below or write a check made out to the Fulton Neighborhood Association and send it to 3523 W 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410. Please email info@fultonneighborhood.org  with questions. Purchase your Environmental Justice Bus Tour Ticket $25.00 USD Name and Neighborhood Email

CELEBRATE EARTH DAY AT PERSHING PARK

Pershing Recreation Center, 3523 W 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, USA 2701 W 48th St, United States

Join us for our annual Earth Day park clean up & spring planting Saturday, April 19 from 9:30 am-Noon We will be picking up the trash in the park and surrounding area, getting planting beds ready, putting down mulch, planting spring plants, and other season clean up. Meet us at the Pershing Rec Center to get started. Bring gloves or tools if you have them, but we will provide all needed supplies. Fulton Neighborhood Association will provide donuts and coffee to keep you fueled. Many hands make light work! Hope to see you there to kick off spring at the park! Questions? email info@fultonneighborhood.org

BUCKTHORN WORK GROUP

Fulton Neighborhood Association is starting a Buckthorn Work Group The Fulton Neighborhood Association Environmental Committee is starting a Buckthorn work group. Buckthorn is an invasive species found around Minnehaha Creek and Lake Harriet. It is an aggressive invasive plant that out competes vegetation and degrades wildlife habitat. Get together with neighbors, enjoy some fresh air, and help get rid of this invasive species! Join us for our first meeting, Saturday April 26, 10am-noon, (rain date Saturday, May 3). We will meet on the west side of Penn Ave S. at the south side of Minnehaha creek by 53rd Street. A volunteer will show the group how to identify and safely remove Buckthorn. Please bring eye protection and gloves. If you have shovels, pruning saws, and loppers please bring them as well. If you do not, some will be provided for you at this first meeting. After the first meeting, the work group will determine additional times to meet and continue this work. Questions, email info@fultonneighborhood.org

Bike to Southwest Farmers Market

Fulton Farmers Market moving and becoming Southwest Farmers Market As you may have heard, the Fulton Farmers Market is moving to the Mount Olivet Parking lot (5025 Knox Ave S.) and becoming Southwest Farmers Market starting this spring. Look for your favorite vendors along with more options as this market expands. Join us for a bike ride to the NEW Southwest Farmers Market on opening day!! Meet Kristen & Ray, FNA Board Members, with your bike in the parking lot of the old Fulton Farmers Market location (Lake Harriet United Methodist Church-4901 Chowen Ave S) on the opening day of the new Southwest market, Saturday, May 17 at 9:30 am. We will ride our bikes together over to the new market!! More details are coming soon in e-news, and social media. See you then!

Community Dinner: Breakfast for Dinner!

Wednesdays this summer the FNA will be serving free community dinners for everyone at Pershing Park. This week, we will be having breakfast for dinner--stop by starting a 5:30 to grab a free dinner on us. This is a great time to make connections, chat with neighbors, play yard games, and enjoy summer. All are welcome! Want to help out?  Sign up here to volunteer. General information and updates about the Community Dinners can be found on our community dinners page.

Community Dinner #2: Street Tacos!

Pershing Recreation Center, 3523 W 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, USA 2701 W 48th St, United States

Wednesdays this summer the FNA will be serving free community dinners for everyone at Pershing Park. This week, we will be having street tacos--stop by starting a 5:30 to grab a free dinner on us. This is a great time to make connections, chat with neighbors, play yard games, and enjoy summer. All are welcome! Want to help out?  Sign up here to volunteer. General information and updates about the Community Dinners can be found on our community dinners page.

Community Dinner #3: Pasta and Nuggets

Pershing Recreation Center, 3523 W 48th St, Minneapolis, MN 55410, USA 2701 W 48th St, United States

Wednesdays this summer the FNA will be serving free community dinners for everyone at Pershing Park. This week, we will be having nuggets and pasta--stop by starting a 5:30 to grab a free dinner on us. This is a great time to make connections, chat with neighbors, play yard games, and enjoy summer. All are welcome! Want to help out?  Sign up here to volunteer. General information and updates about the Community Dinners can be found on our community dinners page.