Racial Covenants and Reclaiming Equitable Spaces

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Published: 15 March 2021 15 March 2021

In follow-up to our Summer 2020 newsletter feature on racial covenants and redlining, we'd like to let you know about a local group that our neighbors in Armatage have started that can be a resource for you. AREA (Armatage Reparations and Equity Action) are a group of neighbors working to raise awareness of the racial covenants that still shape Southwest. They have identified a step-by-step process you can follow to discover and renounce racial covenants. Their website, area1946.com, is relevant to the Pennhurst and Pennhurst Second Addition developments in Armatage and Kenny neighborhoods.
 
For other areas of the neighborhood, the City of Minneapolis has launched a new initiative providing Minneapolis homeowners with the opportunity to learn about, acknowledge and discharge racial covenants recorded against their properties. The City’s Just Deeds Project, led by the City Attorney’s Office, will allow people to reclaim their homes as equitable spaces.
 
Through the City’s Just Deeds Project, Minneapolis homeowners can acknowledge and disclaim the racial covenants recorded against their properties by recording a discharge form against their property title. The City Attorney’s Office staff will assist homeowners in completing this process free of charge. Hennepin County has also waived its typical fees associated with this process. Participation in the City’s program will be first-come, first-serve, subject to staffing availability. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis.
 
Learn more about the Just Deeds Project by visiting the City’s website or by emailing This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Kenny Kid Clutter Pick-Up Drive

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Published: 23 March 2021 23 March 2021

Spring is here! Clean out all your outgrown kid stuff during the Kid Clutter Pickup Drive in Kenny on April 1-5.

Kid A will pick up your used baby and kid items, and pay for any gear that they will resell. Throughout the Kenny Kid Clutter Pickup Drive, Kid A will use this payment to make a financial donation to the Anthony School PTA. Kid A will also donate all of the kid items that they do not buy to local organizations like Free Bikes 4 Kids MN and Arc’s Value Village.  All kinds of baby and kid items are accepted for donation, from clothing to bikes.

Kid A will donate $5 to the Anthony School PTA for each financial donation that is made.

Turn your kid clutter into community resources in one convenient and safe pickup - reserve a time now (slots are limited), then get ready to declutter!

Learn more about how Kid A makes sustainable parenting easy at https://kidamarketplace.com/.

KNA Board of Directors Elections- Run the for KNA Board!

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Published: 15 March 2021 15 March 2021

At the Annual Meeting each year we elect Board Members to KNA. All are welcome to run for the board. We are actively looking to add more diversity to the board, so BIPOC and renters are strongly encouraged! If you are interested in running, please contact us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Deadline to apply is April 11. We will conduct an online vote for the seven days prior to the meeting (April 13-20). A voter guide and instructions on how to place your vote will be posted on our website by April 12.

$25 Trees Available to Minneapolis Property Owners

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Published: 04 March 2021 04 March 2021

Minneapolis property owners will soon be able to order a 5- to 8-foot tree for $25 each to plant on their private property. This year, Minneapolis property owners in Green Zones, rental property owners and property owners who haven’t gotten a tree in the City Trees program in the last two years will get a chance to order a tree earlier.

The 2,000 trees in 24 varieties this year include large and medium shade trees, fruit trees, evergreens and smaller flowering trees. Comparable trees cost about $125 at a nursery.

 Green Zones property owners can order up to three trees starting at 8 a.m. Monday, March 8.

Rental property owners citywide can order one tree per property, maximum of 10 properties, starting at 8 a.m. Monday, March 8.

Minneapolis property owners who haven’t received a tree from the Minneapolis tree sale in the last two years, who aren’t in a Green Zone, can order one tree per address starting at 8 a.m. Monday, March 15.

All Minneapolis property owners can order one tree per address starting at 8 a.m. Monday, March 22.

More information available at Tree Trust: https://mpls-tree-sale.myshopify.com/