Holland Neighborhood Improvement Association » Youth Opportunities
Party in the Park
Holland Neighbors, you are invited to a Party in the Park at Holland’s own park at 27th and Monroe on Saturday June 4th, from 9am to 1pm. Food will be served: Grilled Hot Dogs and veggie burgers, chips, potluck hot dishes, cup cakes, kool-aid and coffee. Bring a Hot Dish to share. Kids are invited to play on the new teeter-totter, chalk drawings, or help paint the train! Party Events! Leaf Rake – Spread wood chips, plant Northeast native … Read entire article »
Filed under: Featured, Minneapolis Parks, Special Event, Youth Opportunities
Call for Neighborhood Playground Volunteers
As mentioned in the May 18, 2011 edition of the Northeaster, HNIA needs people to rake leaves, plant flowers and help install new playground equipment. Interested? Email Dan or call 612.247.9868. Scoggins is taking suggestions for a new name for the park at 27th and Monroe. He also writes that the neighborhood would like to adopt your overgrown hostas, tiger lilies, Iris and other Northeast native plants. About 800 plants are needed. “We are doing pre-work in … Read entire article »
Filed under: Minneapolis Parks, News, Youth Opportunities
HNIA Wants You!
Update: Volunteers are essential to the Holland neighborhood. Here are a few upcoming meetings related to the neighborhood where we hope you’ll consider putting your volunteer interests to work: Crime and Safety Committee meeting – 6-8 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 24, HNIA office Hot Dish Revolution Committee - 10 a.m. at the Eastside Food Co-op (2551 Central Ave. NE) every Sunday until the 7th annual extravaganza takes place April 30, 4-7 p.m. Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) Steering Committee – 2 p.m. Saturday, March 5, at HNIA office. Second Precinct Advisory Council meeting – 6 p.m. Monday, March 14, Monroe Village community room, 1900 Central Ave. NE … Read entire article »
Filed under: HNIA, Public Saftey, Youth Opportunities
Today a blank wall… tomorrow? Owner prepares building for mural
Article reprinted from the Northeaster, July 29, 2009 by Gail Olson Northeast’s Holland neighborhood might soon be the site of a new Dutch Master Mural, if a proposed art and education plan is successful. Resident Mark Lynch, who said some of his ancestors were Dutch, is a fervent Vermeer fan: Vermeer being Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), a Dutch Master whose oil paintings hang in such world-renowned museums as the Lourve. One Vermeer, “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” gained recent fame after being featured in a novel and 2003 movie, “Girl with a Pearl Earring,” staring Scarlett Johansson. Lynch owns two buildings next to each other on Fourth Street NE. He lives in one, 2408 4th St. NE, and hasn’t decided what to do with the other one yet; it is a nondescript structure at … Read entire article »
Filed under: Arts, HNIA, Youth Opportunities
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