Will the Killing of George Floyd Remake South Minneapolis"
Many buildings along Lake Street in South Minneapolis were severely damaged during protests sparked by the killing of George Floyd. | MediaNews Group via Getty Images
With many businesses destroyed or damaged, residents are working together to meet the needs of their neighbors. In the parking lot of a towering brick church just before 9 a.m. on a recent Saturday, Brittaney Abodunde, a Black woman with a huge smile and a walkie-talkie in hand, was rushing to get volunteers in place to sort through donated bottled water as quickly as possible. ?You set up the tables last week, right",? she asked two young men who nodded yes. ?Do the same thing again.?
Abodunde and the army of volunteers at Christ Church International, located on the corner of Lake Street and 13th Avenue South in South Minneapolis, were working to fill the void for a community left with no grocery store, no pharmacy, and no place to grab household essentials. More than a month after George Floyd was killed by police and anger spilled out onto Lake Street, many storefronts are still boarded up. The smell of smoke lingers from the buildings that were burned to the ground. For the businesses left standing, it?s hard to tell what?s open and what?s closed. While the retail landscape was extensively damaged, community members are stepping up and turning the commercial corridor into a triage center to meet the neighborhood?s most urgent needs.
Once the plywood begins to come down, Lake Street will be fun...
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