The 2010 season of the Audubon Farmers' Market has begun. Visit the weekly market Thursday afternoons from 4 to 7pm at the Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church parking lot at 27th Ave. and Johnson St.

The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board has packed more than 80 movies into its third annual Movies in the Parks series. The mobile series, which travels to parks across the city throughout the summer, will run Monday through Saturday, June 14-Aug. 28. "Batman Begins" will be shown at Audubon Park on Monday, June 28.

Sponsored by LiveMSP.org, the Buying into the City home tour will be held in Northeast Minneapolis on Sunday, June 13. Participants can pick up a map, enjoy refreshments, and learn about homebuyer programs between 11am and 1pm at the Rogue Buddha Gallery, 357 13th Ave. NE. Then between noon and 3pm, you can tour available homes around Northeast at your own pace.

Construction of a new bicycle facility through Audubon is slated for late his summer. The Stone Arch Bridge bicycle boulevard is proposed to run along 6th Avenue SE, and Fillmore, Polk, and Tyler Streets NE. It will connect the Stone Arch Bridge to 37th Ave NE.

Be sure to visit the 4th annual Northeast School Showcase from 11:30 to 2:30 on Saturday, November 14 at Audubon Park. You'll be able to take a closer look at the public schools in Northeast and find our how the "Changing School Options" plan to save transportation costs by educating students closer to home will affect you.

Minneapolis Public Works is beginning the process of creating preliminary designs for the Fillmore Street NE/6th Avenue SE bicycle boulevard (aka “bike walk street”). The City would like to continue gathering feedback from interested stakeholders by hosting a “bicycle boulevard planning tour” early in November.

The City of Minneapolis is conducting a study to evaluate alternatives for implementing bicycle facilities along Central Ave NE. The project limits extend north from the Mississippi River to the City limits at 37th Ave NE. An informational meeting is scheduled for September 29 at 6:30pm at the Northeast Library, 2200 Central Ave NE.

A meeting will be held on Thurs., July 30, 7:00 p.m. at the Northeast Library, 2200 Central Ave. NE, on the progress of the Central Avenue Bicycle Study. Attendees will be able to provide input and feedback about bicycle lanes on Central, between 37th Ave. NE and the Mississippi River. Public Works staff will review proposed designs for segments between 37th Ave. NE and the Mississippi River.

Visit the Audubon Farmers' Market every Thursday, 4–7pm, on Johnson Street at 27th Ave. from late June through late September!

ANA, in partnership with Gustavus Adolphus Lutheran Church, hosts the weekly market as part of the Homegrown Minneapolis initiative. It features five local vendors offering locally grown produce, herbs, and flowers.

Minneapolis is already an active, walkable community, but there is more to do to make our city a better place to walk to work, to enjoy street life, and to stay active.