On November 17, 2008 Roberta Englund accepted the Community Leadership Award.

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The City of Minneapolis is now accepting applications from residents for seven positions on the newly created Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission. The role of the commission will be to shape how the City engages its residents and works with neighborhood and community organizations, as well as oversee programming details and funding for neighborhood revitalization work.

The seven committee members that will be appointed by the Mayor and City Council will be part of the 16-member committee. Of the remaining members, eight residents will be selected by neighborhood organizations and one will be appointed by the Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board. Please note this application process only applies to the seven residents who will be appointed by the Mayor and City Council.

The application deadline for these seven positions is Nov. 19, 2008. Applicants are required to be Minneapolis residents who do not hold a current election certificate. Current City employees are not eligible. For more information and to apply, visit www.ci.minneapolis.mn.us/communications/communityengagement.asp to download an application form. Applications are also available at the Minneapolis City Clerk's Office, room 304 of City Hall at 350 S. Fifth St.

Commission meetings will generally take place once a month. Typically, members will serve two year terms. However, since this is a new commission, staggered terms will be established for the future. Of the initial seven appointees in this group, three will be for a term to expire in January 2011, and four will be for a term to expire in January 2012.

The Neighborhood and Community Engagement Commission was created by the Mayor and City Council in late September. It is designed as one measure to strengthen the relationship between the City and its neighborhoods and carry on the work of the Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) beyond 2009. Because the state legislation that funded NRP sunsets in 2009, City leaders have been working since 2006 to improve the City's community engagement system and to find ways to make sure neighborhoods remain a valued part of the City's culture, serving as a link between City government, residents and businesses. That work has centered around creating a community engagement system that allows City government and neighborhoods to work more closely together, while being more accountable and transparent to taxpayers.

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At the August 4 Quarterly Membership meeting, a Plan Modification of $187,941 was approved. This Plan Modification is one part of the consolidation and redirection strategies to ensure that Folwell Neighborhood Association will be a fully-functioning neighborhood organization working on behalf of residents now and in the future.

If construction continues as planned, the Lowry Avenue roadway between Girard and Queen avenues should be reopened by November 1, 2008.

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On a warm, June summer evening, Folwell Park was the setting for the annual FNA Ice Cream Social. There was lots of free ice cream along with face painting, music, and a dunk tank. Jojo the Balloon Guy, who makes over 600 different balloon animals, etc.) was there, too. Caricatures by Tony LaMotte were special treasurers to take home. Spin art, the environmental table and the inflatables were big hits, too. The table for making origami cranes (1,000 of them for peace and prosperity on the Northside) was always filled with busy fingers being led through the intricate folds by Jenn Walker of the FNA staff. Thanks to all volunteers (we can't do it without you), the staff of Folwell Park and Folwell Neighborhood Association. All together 42 people made this year's ice cream social the best ever!

Are you an agent selling properties in the Camden, Folwell, or McKinley communities? Well you can now sign up for the Come Home to Camden website. Come Home to Camden allows you to post your listings to the dwellings page, from there prospective buyers will be able to contact you via email or phone. Sign up today at : http://comehometocamden.org/agent_sign_up

Hennepin County closed the Lowry Avenue Bridge, effective 10 a.m. Friday (April 25), due to known structural issues with one of the bridge's piers.

In 2004, bridge engineers discovered Pier 3 had rotated 11 inches out of vertical alignment. Further rotation of the pier has introduced an unreasonable risk to the traveling public. The rotation of the pier, coupled with the normal temperature expansion of the superstructure, has created a situation that prevents an accurate determination of the stresses the bridge is experiencing.

"The structure, we believe, is not in any imminent danger of collapse, but as the air temperature increases, the situation could change without notice - that is our primary concern," said Hennepin County Transportation Department Director Jim Grube.

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Maps have been added to the issues and concerns section for the 4th Precinct CARE website. You can now visualize what's happening on the Northside! Click below to see what's going on in Northside right now:

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The 4th precinct CARE Task Force website has been updated! Features such as News, Profiles, and Issues and Concerns have been added. Click below to visit website.

Excel Energy's Home Performance Rebate Program: 1.800.895.4999 - energy audit

CenterPoint Energy: http://mn.centerpointenergy.com/saveenergy - Tips and videos on weather stripping, insulation and ventilation.

Minnesota Energy Challenge: Simple steps to learn how to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, calculate your energy use and sign up for the challenge at www.MnEnergyChallenge.org or call 612.335.5859.

Energy Star: Check out appliance ratings for become more energy efficient at www.EnergyStar.gov.

Minnesota Department of Commerce: Click on "Energy Info Center" on the upper left side of the website at www.commerce.state.mn.us or call 651.296.5175 or 1.800.657.3710.

We now have a discussion board! To participate and discuss issues and ideas with us, please sign up for a membership at http://discussion.folwell.org/

Once we approve your membership, you will be able to log in a view and participate in discussions.

Folwell Center is looking for a Digital Media Designer, please click on the link below for all the details:

http://jobs.webapp.folwell.org/view/1

Email Notification Change

The Folwell contact email address has changed, please update your address books to: info@folwell.org

The Folwell Neighborhood Association (FNA), becuase of its expanded scope of service, is doing business as "Folwell Center for Urban Initiatives" (Folwell Center). Folwell Center pursues a comprehensive, creative and cross-neighborhood approach to address issues confronting North Minneapolis. Programs and projects are mutually supportive and interdependent, utilizing multiple strategies of crime prevention and intervention, facilitation of multi-jurisdictional coordination, youth development, education, family support and community-based academic research. Folwell Center operates a community and economic development (CED) and a cluster of programs under the auspices of the 4th Precinct CARE Task Force (CARE Task). The CED is monetarily self-sufficient and does not require funding. CARE Task programs require approximately $1.8 million a year. Programs will operate at least from 2005 to 2008. The first nine months of programs for 2005 have been funded through grants from Federal Departments of Education and Justice, the McKnight Foundation and the Empowerment Zone.

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