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East Phillips Neighborhood Institute NEWS BRIEFS:
By STEVE SANDBERG The Mpls. Chapter of the United Nations”™ Global Shapers program has chosen East Phillips”™ struggle for community development at the Roof Depot site as the subject for its Conference the weekend of September 18 - 20. Friday, August 21, 2020 was day 10 since Minneapolis Community Environmental Advisory Commission (CEAC), Chair Erin Niehoff submitted a letter to the StarTribune calling on the City of Mpls to halt their HiawathaExpansion Project at the Roof Depot. They told EPNI that they would forego the Strib exclusive, and release it instead everywhere. At least 25 organizations have signed on to the letter, including Sierra Club, MinnPower and Light, Landstewardship, and Midtown Greenway Coalition. Erin Niehoff, Ward 12 resident, Chair of the Community Environmental Advisory Commission Samara Adam, Ward 6 resident, Southside Green Zone member Roxxanne O”™Brien, Ward 4 resident, Northside Environmental Justice Organizer [...]
