13th Ave Trick-or-Treat

Update: Thanks to everyone who participated in the Trick-or-Treat! Check out photos here.

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Halloween is almost upon us and the businesses on 13th Ave would like to invite you and your kiddos to trick-or-treat down our street!

October 31st, 3-4:30pm

The following businesses will have treats for the kids—we can’t wait to see you all!

- Curiosity

- Dangerous Man Brewing Co

- 612 Yoga

- Heartwood Montessori

- Exploration High School

- Mary Ellen's Bistro

- Eat My Words Bookstore

- Vegan East

- Sheridan Neighborhood Organization

October Community Meeting

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Join us online for the October Community Meeting on the fourth Monday of the month from 7 - 9 PM. This is where we discuss current events impacting our neighborhood, listen to ideas and comments from our neighbors, and vote on how to spend neighborhood funding to best support everyone who lives and works in Sheridan. Join us to contribute or just listen in!

🌟 Agenda includes:

  • Legislative updates

  • Charter Amendments Presentation

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  • Encampment Update

  • Renters Engagement Program Launch

and more!

🌟Join the Zoom meeting online with the link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5541355413 or call in to (312)626-6799 with Meeting ID: 55413 55413.

Community Health Fair

Community Health Fair!

Sheridan Memorial Park (1300 Water St NE)
October 14th from 4-7pm

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Update: Thanks everyone for attending our first Community Health Fair! Check out the photos here.

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Join us for a final fall neighborhood event~ our first Community Health Fair at Sheridan Memorial Park! We will have lots of activities, resources, and giveaway items available. These include:

  • Produce Giveaway in collaboration with East Side Neighborhood Services

  • Books for kids courtesy of Pierre Bottineau Library

  • Free Haircuts from Stellar Kindness Project

  • Wellness Activities from NE Wellness

  • Blood Pressure Checks and STI/STD Testing from Neighborhood Healthsource

  • Lead Testing with “the Leadie Eddie Van” from the Sustainable Resource Center

  • & Resource Booths on Child & Teen Check-Ups, family planning, sexual health, mental health & substance use, and MNsure signup support

Everything is completely free! Additionally, there will be free dinner, a community supply drive (list of items here), and a chance to fill out our Community Health Survey which will enter you to win a prize.

Want to volunteer to help set up and take down the event? Email us at sno@sheridanneighborhood.org!

Annual Ice Cream SNOcial

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Join Sheridan Neighborhood Organization for our Annual Ice Cream 'SNOcial' in one of our community gardens!

When: Wednesday, August 4th 6-8pm
Where: SNO Community Garden #2 at 611 13th Ave NE

This free event includes @fletchersicecream, grilled food, community activities & discussions, and fun for the whole family!

The community gardens are maintained and harvested by our partners at @dangerousman & @surlybrewing. Come say hello, check out the gardens, and meet your neighbors.

RSVP on the facebook event 🍦✨

"The Amazing Cowboat"

Open Eye Theatre - "The Amazing Cowboat" at Eat My Words

Saturday, June 26th @2pm
Eat My Words Bookstore (214 13th Ave NE)

Eat My Words Bookstore’s first in-person event! The show is set to take place in the drive way, weather permitting. We will be joined by the fabulous Open Eye Puppet Theatre Company with their new summer show, “The Amazing Cowboat”, as well as The Wild Blue Ice Cream Truck. Please bring cash to tip our performers.

THE AMAZING COWBOAT! It's time for Binh to take a bath! Binh's imagination comes alive as he pretends he is the captain of a boat that is part cow, part boat, and totally amazing! Together Binh and his Cowboat set sail on a high seas adventure to search for the lost crown of Lac Long Quan, the Dragon Lord of Vietnam, making friends as they go, all before sailing home to his bathtub before bed time!

Invite your friends and family! It will be so great to see everyone again.

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Free Vaccine Clinics

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*Update 6/8: Unfortunately these vaccine clinics are CANCELLED because only 4 people made appointments- these people will be connected to other vaccine clinics. Hopefully this means that most of NE is already vaccinated! If you need a vaccination clinic still, check out the vaccine locator: https://mn.gov/covid19/vaccine/find-vaccine/locations/index.jsp

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Free COVID-19 Vaccine Clinics in the neighborhood! East Side Neighborhood Services is partnering with Hy-Vee and neighborhood organizations to put on two free vaccine clinics for individuals 12+. No insurance required. Plus, receive a $10 Hy-Vee gift card when you complete your vaccination!

Location:
East Side Neighborhood Services
1700 Second St., N.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55413

CLINIC 1: Tuesday, June 8th 2-6pm
Schedule your appointment here
A second dose clinic will be held at the same time and location on Tuesday, July 6

CLINIC 2: Saturday, June 12 10am-2pm
Schedule your appointment here
A second dose clinic will be held at the same time and location on Saturday, July 10

Vaccine Manufacturer: Pfizer-BioNTech two-dose vaccine available for 12+

We are looking for volunteers!

Are you able to help with registration or help monitor the waiting area for a 2 hour shift for one of this clinics? We need volunteers! Sign up to volunteer here.

Annual Meeting Recording

Thanks to all 30 folks who joined the 2021 Sheridan Neighborhood Annual Meeting on April 26th, 2021! For those who were not able to make it, we have a recording available. Watching this is a great way to learn about what we have been up to in the last year and how to get involved in this upcoming year.

Agenda:
🌟Legislative Updates
🌟Year In Review
🌟Board Elections Results
🌟Community Funding Vote
🌟Volunteer and Business of the Year Awards
…and more!

View Meeting Minutes here

View Year in Review Slideshow here

Linked resources:

Legislative Contacts

  • Steve Fletcher, Ward 3 City Council Member, steve.fletcher@minneapolismn.gov

  • Sydney Jordan, District 60A House Representative, rep.sydney.jordan@house.mn

  • Kari Dziedzic, District 60 Senator, Sen.Kari.Dziedzic@senate.mn or email my LA if you have a constituent issue at Tytiana.Reid@senate.mn

Rent help: www.renthelpmn.org

Utility payments help (tenants & homeowners): www.caphennepin.org

Get 20 is plenty signs: More “20 is Plenty, Slower is Safer” yard signs are now available for pick up while supplies last. Help get out the word about new, safer speed limits. Northeast pick-up location: 1809 Washington St NE, outside fence at Jefferson St and 18th Ave

Ward 3 City Council Candidate Forum: https://www.facebook.com/events/326905355443018/


Interested in getting more involved? Join a SNO committee! Email sno@sheridanneighborhood.org with interest.

Interested in getting more involved? Join a SNO committee! Email sno@sheridanneighborhood.org with interest.

SNO Annual Meeting!

Join us for the Sheridan Neighborhood Annual Meeting! This is a great time to learn about the neighborhood for the first time or join us again for the 500th! Everyone is welcome.

7 - 9 PM • April 26th, 2021
🗣Join the Zoom meeting online with the link https://us02web.zoom.us/j/5541355413 or call in to (312)626-6799 with Meeting ID: 55413 55413

This is a packed meeting, featuring:
🌟Legislative Updates
🌟Year In Review
🌟Board Elections Results (Applications due April 19th, Online voting April 19th-26th!)
🌟2021 Budget Approval
🌟Volunteer and Business of the Year Awards
…and more!

Please contact us at least 5 days ahead of time for special accommodations.

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Image 1 description: Yellow background with cartoon people talking in boxes as if on Zoom below the words "Sheridan Neighborhood Organization Annual Meeting" over an orange, pink, and blue wavy stripe. "7-9pm, April 26th, 2021, Zoom" written in smaller letters underneath next to the round SNO logo with a blue mask on it.

Image 2 description: Warm red background with "Agenda" over an orange, yellow, and blue wavy stripe. Below are bulleted: - Legislative Updates - Year In Review - Board Elections Results - 2021 Budget Approval - Volunteer and Business of the Year Awa…

Image 2 description: Warm red background with "Agenda" over an orange, yellow, and blue wavy stripe. Below are bulleted:
- Legislative Updates
- Year In Review
- Board Elections Results
- 2021 Budget Approval
- Volunteer and Business of the Year Awards

Earth Day Cleanup

Earth Day Clean Up with Dangerous Man Brewing

Sheridan & Logan Neighborhoods

Saturday, April 24th, 10 am - 12 pm
Location: Meet at Sheridan Memorial Park (1300 Water St NE)

We are teaming up with Dangerous Man Brewing again this year for our annual Earth Day Neighborhood Cleanup! Please make sure you sign up before arrival. You will check-in and receive a map of the area you and your group will be cleaning and then grab your tools and head out. We will have trash grabbers, gloves, and garbage bags available, as well as plenty of disinfectant spray and wipes. Mask up!

**Sign Up Required**

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Holiday Drive-In Event

Join East Side Neighborhood Services on December 12-14 for a Holiday Drive-In Event!

Canadian Pacific’s Holiday Train benefits local food shelves across the United States and Canada. East Side operate one of the largest food shelves in Hennepin County, and have distributed more than one million pounds of food to more than 6,000 residents in the last year. Even though the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train won’t be rolling across the country this year, the spirit will still come alive in Minneapolis. This event will feature a virtual Holiday Train experience, light show, holiday movies and a Holiday Swag Bag!

Tickets available now! https://2020holidaydrivein.eventbrite.com

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Litter Be Gone Week

Litter Be Gone is a series of events to clean up litter across Minneapolis each fall; this year it is from October 1-10. You can participate on your own by picking up litter around your home or workplace anytime this week, or you can join us in a neighborhood-wide cleanup day on October 10th!

To join the cleanup, meet us at Sheridan School from 10-12pm on Saturday, October 10th. We will have gloves, bags, vests, and litter grabbers available and will be giving away drink coupons to all participants. See you then!

If you pick up individually, you can report your results using the online form (and earn a free Chinook Book subscription), and share photos on social media with @LitterBeGoneMN #cleanMpls.

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"Race" Free Movie Screening!

Sheridan Neighborhood’s Anti-Racist Book Club presents a FREE Outdoor Movie Night!

We will be screening "Race," a biographical sports drama film about African-American athlete Jesse Owens.

The Anchor Food Truck will be on site selling Fish & Chips!

Friday, October 2nd 7-9:30pm on the field behind Exploration High School at the corner of 3rd St NE and 14th Ave NE. Please bring your own seating and dress warmly!

This is an outdoor, socially-distanced event, with masks required for everyone's safety. There will be a limited number of disposable masks available if needed.

*There will be space for an optional post-film discussion*

RSVP on Facebook Event here