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The Saint Paullinators of South Como are celebrating the end of their first installation season with a Garden Tour. Through the Lawns to Legume Demonstration Neighborhood grant, the group has installed 9 pollinator habitats in South Como including a community habitat at the Orchard Rec Center.
The tour will include the new installations alongside more mature gardens throughout the neighborhood. Guides will point out native plants, talk about garden care and maintenance and share their experiences with native gardens.
Participants will also have a chance to bring home native plants from our Seedling Steward Program. If you're not able to make it to the tour, an online map will soon be available at district10comopark.org/l2l.
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D10 Meeting Updates
Environment Committee Meeting - Wednesday, September 7, 6pm
The D10 Environment committee typically meets on the first Wednesday of every month. The meeting will be hybrid at the Como Streetcar Station (ο»Ώ1224 Lexington Pkwy) and on Zoom. All D10 meetings are open to the public and have space for community members to bring topics for discussion.
At next weeks meeting we will be discussing the Curb Cleaning, Tree Trek and get updates from the Lawns to Legume program and St. Paul Parks Conservancy.
Neighborhood Relations Committee Meeting - Wednesday, September 7, 7:15pm
The D10 Neighborhood Relations committee typically meets on the first Wednesday of every month. The meeting will be hybrid at the Como Streetcar Station (1224 Lexington Pkwy) and on Zoom. All D10 meetings are open to the public and have space for community members to bring topics for discussion.
Next week we will be evaluating the Harvest Festival Event, planning the Halloween Decor Competition and starting to talk about the Thanksgiving Donation Drive.
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Get Involved: Final 2022 Lake Cleanup
Saturday, October 8 - 9am-Noon @ Como Pavilion Lakeside (by the Ice Cream Stand and Boat Rentals)
The Como Community Council, in partnership with the Capital Region Watershed District, plans multiple Lake Como cleanup events each year. Volunteers gather with others in the community to clean trash from the lake surface or shoreline. Weβll meet at 6pm near the dock on the lower level lake side of the Pavilion to pick up tools, supplies, and have a refreshment.
District 10 provides trash-grabbers, rakes, buckets, nets, trash bags, and nitrile gloves for those who need them. Or, feel free to provide your own gear. Registration is not required, but it helps us plan and communicate if changes come up.
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Harvest Festival Pie Competition Winner
This yearβs first Como Community Council Harvest Festival at Tilden Park featured all things harvest: backyard chickens, vegetables from the community garden, fermentation demonstrations and the great
pie bake-off.
Nine community members competed for the coveted Golden Rolling Pin
and gift cards from Hot Hands Pie and Biscuit. Walking around the park you could hear people deep in deliberation as they debated which pie deserved their vote.
In the end, the votes were counted, while bakers waited nervously for the tight count to be announced. At last, it was announced, the two youngest bakers took home the honors! Milo Zimmerman came in second place with a Strawberry Pie, and Aksel Sheu took home the golden rolling pin with the honors of first place with a Peach Cobbler pie!
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Como's Getting Spooky
Time to get out your pumpkins, skeletons and ghosts for the D10 Halloween Decor Competition! Each year we challenge our community to go all out and register their house or apartment building to be included in the Halloween Decor map.
If you have a friend or neighbor who deserves to be included, nomination door tags are available at the D10 Office (1224 Lexington Pkwy).
Registrations will be accepted through October 17th. Maps and voting will be available starting on October 21st!
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2022 Como CURB Cleanup
October 1 through November 30, in front of your own home!
Como Community Council is again teamed up with the Capitol Region Watershed District for the Como Curb Cleanup. When it rains, leaves on streets release nutrients into the water that flows into storm drains and the lake. There it becomes food for invasive algae. Join 100+ neighbors in sweeping your curb once a week this fall to help keep Lake Como clean with this surprisingly effective effort.
Signing up to be an official participant helps us track results and helps (a lot) to support future efforts!
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Como Lake Honey While Supplies Last
Ever since the Know Your Como article about Dean Anderson and Como Lake Honey, we have been receiving questions about how our community can purchase this honey. Dean will be selling honey while supplies last for the next two Sunday afternoons (October 2nd & 9th) from his home off of Como Lake between Rose Avenue and Wheelock Pkwy.
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Movie in the Park: Hocus Pocus
Scary movie season is here - bring a chair and a blanket to bundle up! Activities begin at 6pm - music by Todd'n'Tina before the show along with onsite food trucks. Movie will begin at dusk. Find out more!
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Como Parks & Rec Programming
Winter youth sports registration is now open. Saint Paul Parks and Rec announced that registration fees have been eliminated for winter basketball for 10U and up (ages 9+) at all recreation center sites.
Note: fees apply for 4U, 6U and 8U
North Dale Rec Center (1414 N. St. Albans)
Northwest Como Rec Center (1550 N. Hamline)
*Registration Required
St. Paul Parks & Rec Fee Assistance Program
The City of Saint Paul operates a special program that helps families pay for Parks & Recreation youth classes and activities. Fee Assistance can be requested by families who meet program requirements when registering for youth activities. To be eligible for the program, youth must live in Saint Paul, be 18 years old or younger, and qualify for free and reduced lunches.
Fee Assistance can be used toward most recreational sports or activities offered by Saint Paul Parks and Recreation. To view the online catalog of all available activities offered, click here.
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Neighborhood Notes
Upcoming Applications/Renewals
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Speedway (950 Lexington): Gas Station and Malt Off-Sale Licenses are up for renewal Dec. 1. Anyone with input should email the Como Community Council or contact the office of Ward 5 Council Member Amy Brendmoen: ward5@ci.stpaul.mn.us.
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Duke's Car & Towing (977 Front): Auto Repair Garage License is up for renewal Oct. 19. Anyone with input should email the Como Community Council or contact the office of Ward 5 Council Member Amy Brendmoen: ward5@ci.stpaul.mn.us.
*While license renewal dates serve as community reminders, feedback on a business license can be submitted at any time.
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Parks and Rec System Plan Survey
The City of Saint Paul is preparing a new Parks and Recreation System Plan that will serve as a comprehensive guide to physical improvements and modifications to parks, athletic fields, recreation centers, trails and other facilities.
Your feedback will provide them with valuable information to help guide our planning process. Please use the links below to tell us about your parks and recreation experiences, interests and vision for the future. Survey closes September 30, 2022!
β’ Draw the Future (drawing activity - great for all ages!)
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Virtual Affordable Housing Bus Tour
MICAH, the Metropolitan Interfaith Council on Affordable Housing will be hosting a virtual affordable housing bus tour again this year.
They will visit an apartment complex impacted by rent stabilization, a family shelter with a new direction, let people know about state and federal policy initiatives, and more! The bus tour will be on Thursday October 20th from 8-9:30am.
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Upcoming Crime Prevention Activities from SPPD
Crime Prevention
- 3 Burglary Prevention Open Houses - All 5-7pm
- Oct. 12 - Rice St. Library (1011 Rice St.)
- Oct. 19 - West District (389 Hamline Ave.)
- Oct. 27 - East District. (722 Payne Ave.)
- These open houses give residents the opportunity to talk with SPPD staff and see examples of lighting, locks, windows, security systems, cameras, etc.
Youth and Programming
- SPPD's Youth and Programming Unit is hosting a Police Explorers Open House on October 4 6:30pm at Rowan Training Center (600 Lafayette Road)
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Safe Summer Nights Fall Festival - Saturday, October 29, noon-2pm at Arlington Hills Recreation Center (1200 Payne Ave). Food, games, and candy.
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Fall Fun at Midway Peace Park
Join our neighbors at the Union Park Council for their Fall Fun Event. Bring family, friends and neighbors to enjoy inflatables, art, sambusas, tea and more.
This free event will take place October 8th from 12-4pm
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2023 St. Paul Budget
The City Council is responsible for adopting the City's operating and capital budgets and property tax levies. In August, the Mayor proposes the budgets for the following year. After the budgets are proposed, the City Council begins its consideration of the budgets. A series of Council Budget Committee meetings are held throughout the fall to review the Mayor's proposed budgets in detail. Public hearings on the proposed budgets and tax levies are also held during this time period. In mid-December, the Council adopts the final budgets and property tax levies, incorporating any changes Councilmembers have to the original proposal into the adopted budgets and levies.
Budget Committee Meetings are be held on Wednesday mornings at 10am through December 7, 2022. The council hears budget breakdowns from different departments, this is the draft schedule:
- 10/5 Follow-Up and Capital Improvement and Sales Tax
- 10/5 Library Board Meeting: Budget Presentation 2:00pm
- 10/12 Office of Technology and Communications and Human Rights and Equal Economic Opportunity
- 10/19 Human Resources and City Council
- 10/26 Discuss Mayor's proposal and Council budget priorities
- 11/2 5 year Street Plan and Debt Strategy
- 11/9 Follow Up and Office of Financial Services and Office of Financial Empowerment
- 11/16 RVCA
- TBD Truth in Taxation
- 12/7 Budget Committee - Budget Adoption 3:30pm
Meetings can be live streamed and are recorded to view later. Find minutes, live streams, recordings, and updated scheduling here on the city's website. You can send comments and feedback to the City Council: CouncilBudget@ci.stpaul.mn.us
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What's going on at the Fairgrounds? | |
Antique Spectacular Fall Show
October 1&2nd
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DESCRIPTION
250 dealers offer a unique blend of antique furniture, collectibles and outdoor flea market items. Interested dealers should visit Prime Promotions' website.
LOCATION
Grandstand
HOURS
October 1st & 2nd
Saturday: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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Minnesota Harvest Horse Show
October 4th-9th
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DESCRIPTION
The Minnesota Harvest Horse Show is the longest running indoor exclusively hunter/jumper show in the United States.
LOCATION
Warner Coliseum & Livestock Complex
HOURS- September 23-25
Tuesday-Sunday: 7:30 a.m.
$25,000 Grand Prix on Saturday: 6:30 p.m.
ADMISSION
Free public admission during the day.
Tickets for the $25,000 Grand Prix on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.: $14 at the door, $12 online
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