Community Building, Parks and Environment Committee
The community building, parks and environment committee creates space for neighbors to participate in and share their community with one another. The committee works with neighbors and the Minneapolis Park & Recreation Board on a variety of programs to ensure a sustainable healthy environment and a clean, vital, safe, and active system of parks.
We connect East Harriet residents through a web of events and information that builds relationships and community among neighbors, including:
• Neighborhood events like the Kite Festival, Porch Fest, and the annual neighborhood meeting and Fall Fest
• EHFNA's eNews
• www.eastharriet.org - the neighborhood's up-to-date source of information
Park and Environment programs and projects include:
• Environmental education
• Park Board and Minneapolis Public Schools liaison
• "Greening" of the neighborhood
• Dutch Elm Disease and Emerald Ash Borer Rebate Programs
• Earth Day Clean-up
How you can be involved:
Join us for Community Building, Parks and Environment Committee meetings if you have something you’d like to discuss or learn more about. The committee generally meets quarterly on the third Thursday of the scheduled month. Check back for updates as this date can change.
The next scheduled meeting can be found on our home page.
Contact info@eastharriet.org if you have an idea for a community building, parks or environment project or if you would like more information about the committee.
We connect East Harriet residents through a web of events and information that builds relationships and community among neighbors, including:
• Neighborhood events like the Kite Festival, Porch Fest, and the annual neighborhood meeting and Fall Fest
• EHFNA's eNews
• www.eastharriet.org - the neighborhood's up-to-date source of information
Park and Environment programs and projects include:
• Environmental education
• Park Board and Minneapolis Public Schools liaison
• "Greening" of the neighborhood
• Dutch Elm Disease and Emerald Ash Borer Rebate Programs
• Earth Day Clean-up
How you can be involved:
Join us for Community Building, Parks and Environment Committee meetings if you have something you’d like to discuss or learn more about. The committee generally meets quarterly on the third Thursday of the scheduled month. Check back for updates as this date can change.
The next scheduled meeting can be found on our home page.
Contact info@eastharriet.org if you have an idea for a community building, parks or environment project or if you would like more information about the committee.
Ongoing Community Building, Parks and Environment Events:
Open Streets on Lyndale
Held Annually in early June
22nd - 54nd Street
Kids put their creative skills to work making bike decorations including individual license plates, streamers and various other embellishments.
Since 2017 East Harriet Farmstead Neighborhood Association (EHFNA) has been joined at the corner of 40th & Lyndale by Farmstead Bike Shop providing bike tuneups.
Click here for more info and for more photos from previous Open Streets.
East Harriet PorchFest
Held Annually in July
It's an evening of friendly neighbors and great music! You and your neighbors can volunteer to host musicians on your porches, decks and yards; or swing on by for a fun, family friendly evening out. The Warming House is the central hub of the evening while Twin Grill Food Truck serves up delicious Mexican food all night.
Thanks to Brianna at The Warming House for coordinating the musicians, to the musicians for sharing their time and talent, and to the East Harriet hosts for opening up their porches and yards to neighbors and friends.
Thanks to Brianna at The Warming House for coordinating the musicians, to the musicians for sharing their time and talent, and to the East Harriet hosts for opening up their porches and yards to neighbors and friends.
Photos from Porch Fest 2018:
1st annual Porch Fest, 2017:
What a fun night in the neighborhood! 13 East Harriet neighbors hosted over 26 amazing musicians providing some incredible entertainment to the neighborhood!
What a fun night in the neighborhood! 13 East Harriet neighbors hosted over 26 amazing musicians providing some incredible entertainment to the neighborhood!
Minneapolis Toy Lending Library
The Minneapolis Toy Library is a toy lending program which seeks to reduce waste, foster child development and build community in the Minneapolis area. This program is for families with children ages birth to 5 years or others who have a need to supply toys to children in their lives (for example, when grandchildren visit). The library offers an opportunity for families to connect with one another through once a month lending opportunities, or to support their child’s development through play while reducing their impact on the environment. We operate as a volunteer run, donation based, mobile lending library. If you’d like more information, and to find lending events, please check out our website: mplstoylibrary.org.
A Minneapolis Toy Library volunteer is usually at the East Harriet Neighborhood FallFest in September to tell you more about their program and answer your questions.
A Minneapolis Toy Library volunteer is usually at the East Harriet Neighborhood FallFest in September to tell you more about their program and answer your questions.
