The Kenwood Neighborhood Organization, known as KNO, is wrapping up a successful 2024 Summer Fun and Wellness season. East Cedar Lake Beach was the main hub of activity, hosting a wide variety of events including a Shakespeare performance, African drumming and dancing, opera, pirates and weekly yoga and pilates. Kenwood Park was the site of an Open Eye Puppet Theatre show and a collaborative effort with the Lowry Hill Neighborhood Association, abbreviated as LHNA, hosting a first-time pop-up farmers market. Neighbors and visitors of all ages took advantage of the free programming around Kenwood.
Organized, led and in part funded by Kenwood volunteers and donors, these community engagement activities complement efforts by the Minneapolis Police Department 5th Precinct and Minneapolis Park Police. Along with daily volunteer stewardship at the beach, a culture of wellness and a family friendly environment has shown to be an important factor in the decrease in police calls to the area in the last six years.
Summer fun officially ends with flashes of fire and a scoop of Sebastian Joe’s ice cream, Saturday, September 7, 6:30-8:30 p.m. at East Cedar Lake Beach. Enjoy the multi-neighborhood Super Sale during the day and then head to the beach for a family friendly night of fire dancers, hula hoops and ice cream.
