B20 to the west reads "This area['s] desirability is that it is near the Mississippi River and the Mississippi Park Driveway. Its ready accessibility to both St. Paul and the business district of Minneapolis makes it a desirable place to live." 1941 covenants read "No part of this lot shall be...
sold, leased, mortgaged, used, or occupied, nor any right thereto be granted, given, or permitted to any person other than to a member of the Caucasian race." mappingprejudice.umn.edu/racial-coven...
And y'all, there's a whole book about how the City and it's ruling elite (looking at you, @dfl.org) created what by 1957 the papers called an "unofficial reservation" in East Phillips. www.upress.umn.edu/978151790480...
So would it be easier to just slap a water treatment center on the site that the City's neglected for generations? It sure would. But Mayor Frey, if you *really* want "opportunity for all residents" (as your campaign periodically says) then you need to show up, put in the work and stop milking EPNI.
Minneapolis is built on the asthma and cancer of our black, brown, and indigenous neighbors. We can't change what happened. But we can change what happens next. Neighbors, please tell @mayorfrey.com to at least, you know, meet with EPNI www.epnifarm.org/news/epni-st...