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EPNI invites city government to accept $10.2 million deal for Roof Depot purchase
By JOE KYLE On August 12th, the East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) held a press conference with Little Earth neighbors and community partners to encourage the government of Minneapolis to accept an offer from EPNI to purchase the Roof Depot site for $10.2 million in order to allow for EPNI and its investors to immediately begin constructing an urban farm, which will serve the community as a source of affordable and nutritious food, jobs, education, and affordable renewable energy. EPNI and Minneapolis had initially reached an agreement in 2023 for EPNI to purchase the Roof Depot site for a total of $15.9 million by the closing date of September 15th, 2025, with the understanding that the state government of Minnesota would subsidize $12.2 million of the purchase price. In 2023, the State did allocate $6.5 million, but due to federal funding cuts this year, the state failed to deliver the remaining $5.7 million this year. As noted by EPNI Communications [...]
One Community, Many Voices
Introducing the Phillips Community Oral History Project By PHILLIPS COMMUNITY ORAL HISTORY PROJECT PARTNERS Alley Communications and the United Phillips Coalition are excited to announce the launch of the Phillips Community Oral History Project! Three years ago, neighborhood organization staff and members of Alley Communications (publisher of the alley), began discussing ways to collaborate to empower residents to tell their own stories. This discussion resulted in the launch of the Community Journalism Training Program, an 18-month project of Alley Communications, Journalism of Color Training Center, and Phillips West Neighborhood Organization (PWNO). Around the same time, PWNO also began working collaboratively with Midtown Phillips Neighborhood Association, Inc. (MPNAI) and the East Phillips Improvement Coalition (EPIC) to better serve the whole of Phillips by establishing the United Phillips Coalition. Since then our relationships have grown and the mission [...]
September ’25 Events
We Are Still Queer Through September 12 Two Rivers Gallery Minneapolis American Indian Center 1530 E Franklin Avenue Free Don't miss the last opportunity to catch this exhibit before it closes September 12th. We Are Still Queer celebrates the queer Native community that has always been and will always be part of the thriving of Indigenous people in our lands. On view are pieces by artists Angela Teeple, Sam St. John, Jearica Fountain, Ch'ikwezens, Sami Downwind, Dusty Rose, Julian Tollefson, Sierra Ikwe Edwards, Two Spirit Corn Maiden, Leila Verley. Gallery hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am - 4pm. Salad Hilowle: Inscriptions Through Oct. 26 American Swedish Institute 2600 Park Avenue $8 - $15 Free: Thursdays 3 - 8 PM Swedish artist Salad Hilowle creates poetic multimedia explorations of belonging, spectatorship, and the visibility of the African experience in Sweden over time. Curated by Berlin-based curator Sagal Farah, the exhibit is a collaboration [...]
