2024 Blue Thumb Resilient Yards Workshop

Beautify your landscape while planting for clean water and pollinator habitat.

Blue Thumb workshops walk through the steps to create rain gardens, native plantings, pollinator habitat, and more. Use our free online learning series, register for a live virtual or in-person workshop, or do both! Your yard can be the change.

All registrants who sign up for a free online learning series or live workshop will be entered to receive a $400 Lawns to Legumes grant, supported by the Minnesota Board of Water and Soil Resources.

Our workshops this year include Resilient Shorelines, Resilient Yards/Pollinator Plantings, and Turf Alternatives. These workshops share actions home gardeners can take to protect clean water, create pollinator habitat, and mitigate the impact of extreme heat and flooding rains.

In-person and virtual workshops are $15, some workshops offer a sliding scale option. The online learning series is free to everyone.

For more information and to register, visit our website. For questions, call 651-699-2426 or email info@bluethumb.org.

CIDNA Meetings in March

Consider joining us at one of our monthly meetings. All our meetings are open and we are happy to have our neighbors come to listen or offer feedback.

CIDNA Board Meeting: Wednesday, March 13, 6:00pm in person at Jones-Harrison Senior Living in the Lakeview Room. If you would like to attend virtually, please reach out to Rachel at info@cidna.org and we will provide a Zoom option.

Environmental Committee Meeting: Wednesday, March 20, 7:00pm via Zoom.

We will be brainstorming ways of highlighting Earth Month in April.

Communications Committee Meeting: Wednesday, March 27, 7:00pm via Zoom.

We will be finalizing details of our summer communications.

For additional Zoom details, or to ask questions, reach out to CIDNA's Coordinator, Rachel, at info@cidna.org.

NRP Policy Board Election Results

During the Community Connections Conference on Feb. 17, the City hosted the new Neighborhood Revitalization Program (NRP) Policy Board selection process. The NRP Policy Board oversees the Neighborhood Revitalization Program and approves NRP funding plan changes for neighborhood organizations called plan modifications.

The board has representatives from:

The mayor
City Council president
Park and Recreation Board
Board of Education
Hennepin County Board of Commissioners
State House of Representatives
State Senate
Minneapolis neighborhood residents

Minneapolis neighborhood electors selected eight people for the board according to their district. CIDNA falls into two districts: 4 and 6. We also congratulate our board member, Pamela Taylor-Berry, on her election to one of the At-large seats. You can see the district map here.

District 1: Joy Smallfield
District 2: Nate Lockett
District 3: Ron Schlatter
District 4: Noah Cameron
District 5: Kate Gens
District 6: Becky McIntosh
At-large: Pamela Taylor-Berry and Mary Watson

The first meeting of the NRP Policy Board is tentatively scheduled for the last week of March.

Mark Your Calendars

CIDNA April Board meeting

Wednesday, April 10, 6:00pm

CIDNA Neighborhood Cleanup

Saturday, April 13, 9:30am

Cedar-Isles-Dean Neighborhood Association | 612-212-5508 | info@cidna.org

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