Minneapolis’ Green Homes North project aims to build 100 ecological homes in North Minneapolis that are based on green standards and do it with local minority and women contractors and locally-sourced green products. Continue Reading →
Ruby Brown, a North Minneapolis hairdresser and pillar of her church community, won a renegotiated mortgage from Bank of America this week — just days before her home was to be auctioned off in a sheriff’s sale. Continue Reading →
A year after the North Minneapolis tornado that caused $150,000 worth of damage to Marie and Michael Porter’s home, Marie found a unique way to deal with the trauma and tell her story. She published a book called Twisted: A Minneapolis Tornado Memoir. Continue Reading →
Minnesota Public Radio (MPR) News set up shop and broadcast live at the University of Minnesota Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center (U-ROC) Tuesday for the one-year anniversary of the North Minneapolis tornado. Continue Reading →
Following last year’s May 22 tornado that devastated North Minneapolis, a coalition of nearly 60 local organizations came together to form the Northside Community Response Team (NCRT) to confront both the short-term and long-term needs. Continue Reading →
The Stuart Pimsler Dance & Theater company has undertaken a community connections program called “Temporary Shelters: Tales from the Minneapolis Tornado” — to tell the stories of people who survived the North Minneapolis tornado. Continue Reading →
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak reflected on the anniversary of the North Minneapolis tornado that fixing a building is easy compared to healing someone’s emotional scars following a traumatic event. Continue Reading →
Students at Lucy Laney School in North Minneapolis released 200 blue balloons into the air, thereby freeing themselves of the anxiety and pain that the community has carried since the May 22 tornado. Continue Reading →
Eric Reichwald’s home in North Minneapolis suffered over $60,000 worth of damage. He claims an enormous contractor and insurance headache after the fact. Continue Reading →
A tornado and a foreclosure fight has chased Homeowner Gwendolyn Onikoro has been chased from Minneapolis’ North side. Continue Reading →
Natasha Mitchell misses North Minneapolis. The 38-year-old mother of two had to leave the neighborhood after the house they were renting was struck by last year’s tornado, leaving serious water and mold damage in every corner. Continue Reading →
A lot has been done, but there’s more to do to recover from the Minneapolis tornado that happened one year ago. Residents on the 3000 block of Logan in North Minneapolis were among many who came to each other’s aid following the May 22 tornado. Continue Reading →
Robert Mcclennon had insurance at the time of the May 22nd tornado, but not enough to repair the damage. Habitat for Humanity stepped in. And, for that he is grateful. Continue Reading →
Many of DeWayne Thornton’s North Minneapolis neighbors left for Brooklyn Center or other parts of the Twin Cities following the tornado. Others are living day-to-day in shelters on the South Side of Chicago. Continue Reading →
One year after the tornado that ravaged North Minneapolis, things are looking up for Anthony and Shemeika Strong. The absence of the Broadway Liquor Outlet has also been a blessing for their neighborhood. Continue Reading →
Nearly a year after the tornado that ripped through North Minneapolis, opinions vary greatly on what the poverty-stricken community needs most from local and state government. Should the City introduce “pie in the sky” ideas or focus on more immediate problems? Continue Reading →
When administrators revealed a plan last spring to shut down North High School — one of only two public schools on Minneapolis’ embattled north side — MN Neighborhoods Organizing for Change and other activists answered the call. Continue Reading →
North Minneapolis food entrepreneurs use Kindred Kitchen to learn about starting their own business, making their food safely and legally in a commercial kitchen, and marketing it within the community. Continue Reading →
After their home in North Minneapolis was destroyed by the May 22 tornado, Dennis and Deborah were forced to seek refuge in the local Armory and at the North Commons Recreation Center. For weeks, they and their five children slept on cots on the floor of a gymnasium. Continue Reading →
Her home destroyed and now condemned, north Minneapolis tornado victim Joyce Chineth feels abandoned by the system. Continue Reading →
North Minneapolis resident Leonard and his family live in a house with broken windows near the corner of Knox and Lowry. For a month after the May 22 tornado that devastated the neighborhood, their gas was still turned off. Nevertheless, their landlord continues to force Leonard’s mother to pay rent, under threat of court action. Continue Reading →
North Minneapolis resident DeWayne refuses to leave his home on Logan Avenue, which was damaged during the May 22 tornado, but which is still structurally sound and safe. The City of Minneapolis condemned the house and urged DeWayne and his children to go to a shelter. Continue Reading →
Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak talked to The UpTake’s Chuck Olsen at Netroots Nation about the Minneapolis Promise, the mayor’s plan to export Minnesota’s crazy politicians (and keep the sane ones) and how he will appeal to the White House for federal aid for North Minneapolis, which was ravaged by a tornado on May 22. Continue Reading →
U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-Minn.) met with Minneapolis Mayor R.T. Rybak and Minneapolis City Council President Barbara Johnson in Washington, D.C. to discuss the aftermath of the tornado that hit North Minneapolis on May 22 and caused millions of dollars in damage and resulted in the death of two Minnesotans. Continue Reading →
Following the spring tornado that wrought destruction on North Minneapolis, local activist Anthony Newby stopped by Netroots Nation to tell The UpTake about systemic problems facing the community, and how local citizens are finding solutions. Continue Reading →
