During LHiNC’s Annual Meeting on October 6, Board Chair Steve Birch provided an annual overview of the neighborhood council. If you’d like to learn more about what LHiNC does, what we’ve achieved in the past year, and how you can get more involved, You can watch his very informative report online.

The Annual Meeting also marked the start of our board elections. Polls close tonight at 8:00pm. Meet the candidates and vote online here!

Congratulations to the winners - you can read more about all our honorees at lindenhills.org/linden-hills-treasures.

The women in Linden Hills who started Boomerang Bags to provide free cloth bags in an effort to reduce the use of non-reusable paper or, worse, plastic, grocery bags did what people and businesses across the spectrum did in the face of COVID-19: They pivoted and changed their operation virtually overnight. Read all about this exciting collaborative effort.

For a vigorous garden that improves your soil, cleans the air, and lessens climate change, two easy steps for fall are: 1) leave your leaves and 2) and mulch. Read more about these and all the easy steps to healthy soil. 

The Environment and Sustainability Committee meets on the third Tuesday of the month at Bremer Linden Hills, 4278 Sheridan Ave. S.If you’re interested in joining the committee, please reach out. Contact: Leah Fish, lpklemmt@gmail.com

The City of Minneapolis is in the process of updating its zoning code to match the development guidelines of Minneapolis 2040. Last week, LHiNC’s Housing and Zoning Committee held a virtual presentation and discussion to review some recent zoning code changes and explain their impact on the Linden Hills neighborhood.

The changes impact draft built form regulations, which govern issues such as: building height, floor area ratio (FAR), lot sizes and setbacks from property lines. The presentation provided by LHiNC Board Member Bjorn Olson - Zoning Code Changes Explained - is now available online.

This talk is part of an ongoing series co-hosted by Linden Hills Neighborhood Council and the Minneapolis Office of Immigrant and Refugee Affairs (OIRA); it focuses on issues impacting immigrants and refugees in our community. Watch Ms. Iyer’s full talk on LHiNC’s YouTube Channel.

Minneapolis City Council is currently reviewing the mayor’s proposed 2021 budget, which calls for a 5.75% maximum levy increase. Public hearings on the proposed 2021 City budget are planned for Nov. 16, Dec. 2 and Dec. 9. Visit the City’s website to learn more about the mayor’s recommended budget, key dates in the approval process, FAQs and more.

Homework Resources 101: Registration required

Power Up Job Search Workshops, October 26-31, registration required for each session.

Minneapolis Jews, like their African-American and Japanese-American fellow residents, faced serious discrimination and social exclusion in employment, housing, and some public accommodations. One of the leading investigative journalists of the era, Carey McWilliams, noted in his Common Ground article “Minneapolis: The Curious Twin” (1946), “One might even say, with a measure of justification, that Minneapolis is the capital of anti-Semitism in the United States.” Steve Hunegs, Executive Director of the Jewish Community Relations Council of Minnesota and the Dakotas, will help us understand the history of antisemitism in Minneapolis.

Please call 612-926-0646 or email contact@lindenhillshistory.org and give us the email address where you’d like the Google Meet link to be sent, so that you can participate.

The Como-Harriet Streetcar Line won’t be running their annual Ghost Trolley or Late Show this year. But they didn’t want to miss out on Halloween fun. So they decided to produce a movie. “Ghost Trolley Anthology” contains five short spooky stories – several based on Ghost Trolley and Late Show’s past. Cast and crew involved in the 22-minute epic are all Museum volunteers. Like the actual Ghost Trolley experience, the movie may not be suitable for very young children; parents might want to watch it first. You can see it on the Minnesota Streetcar Museum’s YouTube channel: https://youtu.be/sFk63B1_LWA

Learn how to vote early in the upcoming election, how to register, where to vote, and what's on the ballot. https://vote.minneapolismn.gov/

Minneapolis Public Works has begun the big task of curb-to-curb sweeping and leaf collection on streets throughout the city. For the next four weeks, crews will clean about 1,000 miles of city streets. Temporary “No Parking” signs will be posted at least 24 hours in advance, so streets will be clear of cars when they’re swept. Anyone who parks on the street will need to follow posted parking rules or their cars may be ticketed and towed. Read more about the parking rules.