Shingle Creek Neighborhood Association

PO Box 15656

Minneapolis, MN 55415

*New web address

Www.shinglecreekmpls.org

Mpls.scna@gmail.com

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TWIN CITIES,MN

PERMIT NO. 30918

Next SCNA Meeting is:

Tuesday, August 11 at 6:30 pm at

Creekview Park, 5001 Humboldt Ave N

Minneapolis, 55430

All meetings are free and open to the public.

Any requests for special accommodations are welcome. Contact SCNA staff seven days prior to meeting.

Mpls.scna@gmail.com

Www.shinglecreekmpls.org or fb: Shingle Creek

Neighborhood Assoc.

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Greetings, my name is Jared Voight and I am a proud member of the Shingle Creek Neighbor-hood. I’m here to tell you about the upcoming charity fundraiser that several of my friends and I are hosting for the benefit of the American Heart Association entitled ROBLOXathon: Life

ROBLOXathon is an online live broadcast of a game for the benefit of charity that lasts for several days at my house. We gather teens from all across the North Minneapolis area who are inspired to make a difference and create positive global change.

ROBLOXathon’s reach has expanded enormously since it’s humble beginning in December of 2013. We have hosted seven broadcasts in the past two years, reaching a cumulative total of over 400 hours online, and nearly $10,000 raised for various charities including Second Harvest Heartland, charity: water, and the American Cancer Society. Through ROBLOXathon, we’ve gathered a follow-ing of people from all across the world who share in our aspirations to create positive change. We even have someone flying over 1,000 miles to attend our next broadcast.

ROBLOXathon: Life, is a 96 hour long broadcast for the benefit of the American Heart Association. The American Heart Association is an amazing organization that works to end cardiovascular disease’s grasp on life through innovative research and public awareness campaigns. This fundraiser is in the memory of the mother of one of our attendee’s and the sister of a fellow Shingle Creek Neighborhood resident, who passed away due to cardiac arrest in May.

Our broadcast begins on August 7th, 2015, and will run for 96 hours straight to raise funds and awareness for cardiovascular disease. If you are interested in supporting our cause, you can either donate to the cause by visiting this link: http://bit.ly/1SjCo1v, or share the campaign with friends, family or on social media. If you wish to view our broadcast, you can tune in at: http://www.twitch.tv/robloxathon

Together we can make an impact, and help ensure that more and more people have the right to a long and healthy life.

Thanks Jared! You’re the best!

From SCNA!

Creekview Park

Movie Night

Monday

August 24,

2015, 8pm (15 mins after

sunset)

“Up”

SCNA Sponsors New Bike in Celebration of the 25th Anniversary of ADA

SCNA heard about the Camden Care Center’s need for improved health of its residents and increased participation in the community! In

celebration of the 25th Anniversary of the

American Disability Act, SCNA reached out and partnered with Camden Care Center this year

and presented them a three-wheeled accessible bike so residents could get involved

in the community and our annual Tour de Camden event.

DNR Offers Advice for Dealing with Storm Damaged Trees

Cleanup following a windstorm can be an over-whelming task for homeowners. Knowing which trees to save and which to remove can impact safety and the survival of remaining trees, ac-cording to the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. Forest health specialist Brian Schwingle offers the following tips. Do:

Carefully inspect standing trees for damage and deal

with hazardous trees first. If possible, ask a forester or ar-borist for advice.

Trees should be removed if more than 50 percent of

the trunk or live branches in the tree crown are damaged, or if the tree is leaning and roots are damaged.

Watch for detached branches, loosely hanging

branches and split or cracked trunks that can cause injury or further damage.

Use proper pruning techniques by cutting just outside

the branch collar, but limit pruning to making the tree safe. Too much pruning can damage an already stressed tree.

Water stressed and damaged trees weekly to help

them repair and rebuild. Be careful not to overwater, espe-cially in heavy clay soils.

Monitor damaged trees in upcoming years to make

sure they don’t become a hazard. Don’t:

Don’t be rushed by promises of bargains from inexperi-

enced or unqualified tree service providers.

Don’t repair a broken branch or fork of a tree with tape,

wire, bolts or other wraps. It will not heal, and the split will invite decay and further weaken the tree. Cabling or brac-ing should only be performed by a certified arborist and inspected annually.

Don’t remove the tops of trees. This makes the tree

more susceptible to insects and disease, and results in new branches that are weakly attached.

Don’t remove small, leaning trees. Trees less than 15

feet tall may survive if they are gently pulled back into place. Press out air spaces in the loosened soil. The tree can then be staked for up to a year.

For more Information on tree care, proper pruning techniques and handling damaged trees go to the DNR website at www.mndnr.gov/treecare/maintenance/stormdamage-prevention.html. For more extensive infor-mation on tree care, contact a DNR forester, city forester, certified arborist or county extension staff.

FREE FAMILY

FUNDAYS

at

Kroening

Interpretive

Center Sundays,

all ages. Drop in

anytime from 1 to 3 p.m.

Carl Kroening Interpretive Cntr

4900 Mississippi Court N

Mpls, MN 55430

August 2:Miniature

Enchanted Forest

August 9: Fairy Fun

August 16: Prairie Insects

August 23: Stream Table

August 30: Dragonflies

Humboldt Greenway Presentation at SCNA August 11

General Neighborhood Meeting In the late 1990’s residents attended a large number of input meetings about the redevel-opment of Humboldt Ave N. Development be-gan shortly thereafter. Nearly 100 former small homes and business sites were used to begin the new development called the Hum-boldt Greenway. New single family homes were built from 53

rd Ave N to 51

st Ave N and

townhomes from 49th to 47

th Ave N. When the

housing bust hit by 2007, the developer fell into foreclosure and development stopped. The City of Minneapolis and Hennepin County

reacquired the properties to help preserve continuity of the development and the area. Last month, the City of Minneapolis sent out a Request for Proposal (RFP) for the development of the Humboldt Greenway. This month at our August 11

th General Neighborhood meeting at Creek-

view Park, 5001 Humboldt Ave N, we will have presentations on the proposals. We invite the com-munity to attend this free presentation and give your feedback. Any questions contact SCNA at our email/phone.

C.G.S. of Minneapolis to Give Presentation on New Organics/Composting

Efforts August 11th at SCNA General Neighborhood Meeting

The Shingle Creek neighborhood is one of several across the city in the Phase I rollout of a new Organics/Composting program by Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling. Residents will soon be able to recycle fruits, vegetables, bones, meat, breads, eggshells and other food scraps. The new organics recycling program is an easy way for residents to reduce waste. At the August 11th SCNA General Neighborhood meeting, C.G.S. of Minneapolis owner Jacki Smith, will be attending to give a presentation on the

new composting efforts across the city and what you can do to get involved if you haven’t already done so. To take part, residents must sign up by contacting Solid Waste and Recycling at 612-673-2917 Monday–Friday 8 a.m.–4:30 p.m. or at SWRcustomer@minneapolismn.gov. Organics recycling will begin in two phases, with 25 percent of customers having organics recycling available in August 2015 (including Shingle Creek neighborhood) and the rest in spring 2016. The phases are by area for the most efficient collection routes. As of Monday July 20, 2015, 28.37% of Minneapolis Solid Waste & Recycling customers have signed up to participate! Sign up to receive email updates on the citywide organics recycling program roll-out.