[Lyndale_e-news] Lyndale E-News for April 17, 2008

[Mark Hinds]

Lyndale E-News for April 17, 2008

The Lyndale E-News provides information on community events, neighborhood meetings, and important news for the Lyndale Neighborhood.  More information on the Lyndale Neighborhood can be found at www.lyndale.org <http://www.lyndale.org/>  
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In this Issue:
1.	NRP Funding Contact your Legislators
2.	Spring Litter Outa Lyndale
3.	Dia Del Nino / Children’s Day
4.	Annual Walk-A-Thon
5.	Lyndale Neighborhood in the Mpls/St. Paul Home Tour
6.	Walldogs Mural Preview Party
7.	Summer Sampler
8.	Fischer Grocery Mural Commemorative T-Shirts on Sale NOW!
9.	April General Membership Meeting (April 28th) – Note new start time
10.	South Minneapolis YMCA’s GoFish Cocktail Party & Benefit Auction (April 26th)
11.	Youth Farm Summer Job Opportunities
12.	About the Lyndale E-News
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NRP Funding Contact Your Legislators

There is currently legislation pending at the State Capitol that would provide funding for a third phase of the NRP program.  So far this year the NRP program has received a very positive response from legislators.  The challenge is in finding a source for funding.  House File 3821 & Senate File 3643 would provide $110 million for NRP over the next ten years.  This amount would fill the deficit created in the property tax changes a few years ago, bringing the total program funding to the $400 million originally committed.

Please take a few moments and contact the chairs of the House and Senate Tax Committees and let them know how important strong neighborhoods are to Minneapolis and to your quality of life. Ask them to fund NRP this year. If you have additional time contact your legislators http://www.leg.state.mn.us/leg/Districtfinder.asp and ask them to make sure that this year’s tax bill provides funding to keep Minneapolis’ neighborhoods strong for years to come.

Tax Committee Chairs
Ann Lenczewski (DFL) 40B Chair
509 State Office Building
100 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd.
Saint Paul, Minnesota 55155
(651) 296-4218 
E-mail: rep.ann.lenczewski at house.mn
Legislative Assistant: Sasha Bergman (651) 296-2955
 
Thomas M Bakk, Chair
Senate Tax Committee.
75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd., Room 226 
St. Paul, MN 55155-1606 
(651) 296-5640

Spring Litter Outa Lyndale
Saturday, April 26th