In collaboration with New Market—a coalition of black businesses hosting pop-up markets around the Twin Cities—youth visual art nonprofit Juxtaposition Arts created a new skate park.
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Northside champions reach Hall of Fame
Khalid El-Amin and Faith Johnson Patterson will both be inducted into the Minnesota State High School League Hall of Fame on Oct. 20.
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Pain and necessity birth community-conscious eatery
Through events and other programming, nonprofit Appetite for Change emphasizes the importance of self-sufficiency and community upliftment.
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Defense contributes to North victory
Good start for the Polars and Coach Charles Adams. Dr. Mitchell Palmer McDonald surveys the team’s new season.
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Northside landlords exploit poor Black tenants, study shows
Researchers at the University of Minnesota conducted a study to figure out why Minneapolis residents experience higher than average eviction filings.
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Bus shelter crash injures six, yet no charges filed
Members of the Racial Justice Network and Black Lives Matters Twin Cities press for more accountability after a man drove his vehicle into a Northside bus shelter.
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Local landmark theater cherishes history, celebrates future
The Capri Theater, a Twin Cities cultural hallmark straight out of North Minneapolis, closed shop for the year on May 12.
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Black Business Spotlight: New Rules
In just a few short years, North Minneapolis’ New Rules has become a community fixture for co-working and co-mingling.
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Empowering families essential to healthy Black communities
Last year, African American Northside Achievement Zone scholars outpaced other Northside students.
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Black Business Spotlight: ME&I Fitness & Performance
Looking to leave a 25-year career in financial services, Jeff Scott opened ME&I Fitness & Performance last September.
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Ben Coleman was a local hero to many
To the Honorable Ben Coleman, thank you for teaching us how to fish! You were truly, truly a great man with a great legacy indeed.
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State rep candidate Lacy Johnson describes his vision for North Mpls
This Black man’s Republicanism came to him as he watched football great and civil rights activist Jim Brown come on the news for visiting Trump Tower. At the sight of Brown’s excoriation by many Blacks for meeting Trump, Johnson said he decided to become a Republican.
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A brand new makeover — Estes celebrates grand opening
“[This] is a celebration of our longevity of service to the community,” Wesley told the MSR. “For the community, it gives a sense of pride and purpose in the burial of our loved ones.”
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Estes Funeral Home to celebrate new look and legacy
The Northside community fixture just got a state-of-the-art makeover.
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‘Imagine North’ — Thor launch celebrates new Northside narrative (photos)
The Imagine North Block Party featured live performances, including Ella Mai and Paris Bennett, along with youth activities, food trucks and building tours.
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Project aims to tell the stories of 90 Northside Minneapolis voices
The community conversations are also designed to “hold the City accountable and to not just let 90 stories sit on tape recorders, “but make sure we actually listen to them and learn something from them.”
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Faith community serves as place of hope, healing in midst of police shooting
Parishioners packed the sanctuary at Fellowship Missionary Baptist Church hoping for a peaceful resolution after a Minneapolis police officer reportedly shot and killed 30-year-old Thurman Blevins Saturday evening following a brief foot chase
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North Side mourns yet another police shooting
Unanswered questions have surfaced as the case plagues the streets of North Minneapolis. One is whether Blevins had a gun as the police have stated in their reports. According to the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension (BCA), two 911 calls reported a man shooting a handgun, identified by one caller as silver.
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Man killed in officer-involved shooting in North Minneapolis (updated)
According to the MPD account, police officers responded to 911 reports that an adult male was shooting a handgun into the air and ground on the 4700 block of Bryant Avenue North.
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Grocery buses bring harvest to food deserts
The program began in St. Paul’s Frogtown, Battle Creek, and Midway areas. By using U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) maps to locate so-called food deserts and shopping-specific areas, organizers identified neighborhoods with limited access to fresh and healthy foods.