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Greetings! We hope our newsletter serves as a resource for
staying connected to Hennepin County activities and staying updated on county
news and services.
As always, please reach out with questions, comments, or to
learn more about how to get involved.
You don’t have to go to a county office to manage your benefits. Please connect with us online or by phone if you need help paying for groceries or basic needs.
How to get support
 We want to hear from you! Participate in developing Hennepin County’s Zero Waste Plan by telling us about your experiences in recycling, composting and ideas to reduce waste on our new engagement site. Residents who register on the website can engage with other community members, post ideas, and stay informed as the plan progresses.
Our vision for zero waste
Hennepin County’s zero-waste vision is a system where all materials are designed to become resources for others to use. Our definition of zero waste is preventing 90% or more of all discarded materials from being landfilled or incinerated.
About the Zero Waste Plan
The Zero Waste Plan will complement the county’s newly adopted Climate Action Plan and provide the foundation for the 2024 Solid Waste Management Master Plan. A draft of the Zero Waste Plan will be presented to the county board in November 2022.
Sharing the engagement site
Please promote the engagement site to your family, friends, and your community. You can share this article with them, promote organically through your own words, or share posts from our social media channels (Facebook, Instagram, Twitter).
Prepare for road construction
If you haven’t already, you will be seeing more of those orange construction signs along county roads. But, you don’t need to wait until the projects have begun to learn more about what is going on in your community.
The county’s transportation activities map is interactive resource that allows you to zoom in and narrow down to a specific type of construction or maintenance activity and click on a project to learn more.
These activities have varied start dates and issues like weather and emergency needs may have an impact on actual projects completed and timing of work. So, make sure you sign up to get email updates for your county roads.
Applications being accepted for two vacancies on the Riley Purgatory Bluff-Creek Watershed District Board
The Hennepin County Board is recruiting volunteers for two vacancies on the Riley Purgatory Bluff-Creek Watershed District Board. A member may not be a public officer of the county, state or federal government and must be a resident of the district. Portions of Bloomington, Deephaven, Eden Prairie, Minnetonka and Shorewood lie within the district. Members serve three-year terms.
Applications are scheduled to open on April 29 and close on May 31 with interview statements scheduled to be played during a County Administration, Libraries and Budget Committee meeting in June. For more information or to apply, visit www.hennepin.us/advisoryboards.
In celebration, we welcomed Minnesota’s first Black-owned bank! I am overjoyed that District 4 continues to be home to historic moments- from its first Black Commissioner to new groundbreaking financial institutions. Welcome to the neighborhood First Independence Bank! 
Checkout the article from MPR News here.
I am grateful when collaboration brings forth new, *quality* deeply affordable housing that comes with supportive services. Today we broke ground for Bimosedaa housing at 16 North 4th Street. This space is reserved specifically for residents who are experiencing homelessness.
This housing will also be culturally specific to Indigenous residents.
Metropolitan Urban Indian Directors Community Group & Native American Community Development Institute- 2022 American Indian Month Kick-off at Cedar Field 10am, parade to Mpls Indian Center. Lunch following.
May 5: National Day of Awareness: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women & Relatives (MMIW-R)
hosted by: Minnesota Indian Women's Sexual Assault Coalition.
Join us to view an art installation from Artists C3 & to hear from MMIW-R survivors, family/friends, and other community members to share remembrances of people, words of support, and engage in collective healing.
Boom Island Park at the Survivors Memorial
(724 Sibley St NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413)
Please wear red, wear masks, and socially distance for the safety of our community. 12PM
MIGIZI Young Leaders Showcase –
2610 E 32nd St, Minneapolis, MN 55406 4-6PM
MIGIZI Young Leaders Showcase is championing and empowering our young Native leaders who have been a part of our organization as we celebrate their achievements and showcase the work they have done. .
A meal will be provided.
Meet artist Inkpa Mani Water Works Park
425 West River Parkway, Minneapolis 5:30-7:30PM Facebook event link: Water Works Public Art Community Meeting 1 | Facebook
Franklin Library, Coffee & Conversations
walk-by and pick up “The Thunder Before the Storm” and have coffee/doughnuts.
May 6th, 10AM-12PM.
May 7: Mni Sota Fund - Financial Wellness Class
9AM-4PM
Register here: https://mnisotafund.org/class/financial-wellness-20211106-sdjnd-x5a8m-lgalr
May 9: Minneapolis Public Schools - 8th grade Honoring and Transition
South High School 5:30-8PM.
8th graders, families, and the community are welcome to attend the recognition event in the auditorium.
 CINCO DE MAYO 2022 LAKE ST
Sunday, May 8th
207 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55408-2451
Additional details here!
 JOIN HPDL AT PEARL PARK AS WE GATHER WITH ORGANIZATIONS, GROUPS, AND BUISNESSES IN OUR OWN COMMUNITY. SEE WHATS HAPPENING IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD!
The city of Minneapolis is hosting their first Neighborhood and Election Day. An event to gather in your community, learn about becoming part of the association, and meet other local organizations and groups in our own neighborhood. Come play at the park, meet neighbors, have a treat, meet board members and find out what is happening in the area.
We will be set up on baseball diamond #4 AT Pearl Park. Members of HPDL will be there along with the Music Lab, New Creations Food Shelf, Buy Nothing, Minneapolis Sidewalk Repair Hunters, pick up bee lawn seed and more. In case of rain, we will be in the multi purpose room in the Pearl Park building.
We are also looking to fill 3 HPDL Board Member seats. If you are interested in becoming part of this community in a more active way, email office@hpdl.org by May 10th with a description of why you want to become a board member and a brief bio. We are encouraging new board members to be present at this event to meet the neighbors.
See you in the park!
 This spring, the Giving Garden is starting fresh at Trinity Lutheran of Minnehaha Falls!
Join us on May 14 for Work and Build Day. We are constructing the new garden raised beds and need lots of hands to help!
We will have volunteer leaders, tools, and hospitality. Wear work clothes and bring work gloves.
Questions – nena.giving.garden@gmail.com
Minneapolis Garden Tool Swap - Powderhorn Park
3400 15th Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55407-2225
Bring your unwanted garden tools and take home the tools you need!
Minneapolis Solid Waste and Recycling is teaming up with neighborhoods and parks to bring you the Minneapolis Garden Tool Swap. Head over to Powderhorn Park to swap tools with neighbors and friends.
ITEMS TO BRING
-Garden and yard tools (shovels, trowels, rakes, pitchforks, hoses, etc.)
-Pots and planters (wood, terracotta, decorative plastic) - free of any soil or dirt
-Potting soil/mix (unused, bagged)
-Gardening and plant books
-Garden art and décor
-Bird houses and feeders
PLEASE DO NOT BRING
• Chemicals
(fertilizer, pesticide, bug killers, etc.)
• Mower or power tools • Items too large to carry • Broken items
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 Join the Hennepin Healthcare East Lake Clinic and Marnita’s Table, for EnVision Health! East Lake Clinic, a community feast and conversation. Collaboratively we’ll share our visions for health and healing at East Lake Clinic.
Date | Thursday, May 19th Time | 6:00 p.m. - 9:00 p.m.
Location |Transitions Plus Cafeteria in the MPS Center for Adult Learning, 2015 E Lake St, Minneapolis, MN 55407
Yes! This event is free. Yes! Dinner is provided.
Yes! Anyone you believe should be included in this conversation is welcome, please send them an invitation. Yes! Anyone in your family who is interested is welcome.
Yes! Translation and other access accommodations will be provided, if needed RSVP at www.marnitastable.org/elc Or Email sammie@marnitastable.org or leave a voicemail at 612-928-7744 with how many people are coming with you!
This event is open to the public, with an emphasis on those who have, currently or plan to attend East Lake Clinic, and residents of the surrounding South Minneapolis neighborhoods: Longfellow, Phillips. Seward, Howe, Cooper, Corcoran, Standish, Powderhorn, Ventura Village, and Cedar-Riverside.
Contact us
Angela Conley
Commissioner, 4th District
Binta Kanteh
Policy Director
612-348-5204
Shanese Reed
District Outreach and Scheduler
612-348-3204
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