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A
Here
for
the
minneapolis
forward
community
now
coalition,
I
want
to
thank
our
incredible
council
vice
president
andrea
jenkins,
for
being
here
and
for
the
work
you're
doing
around
the
clock
and
all
of
our
coalition
partners
and
core
strategy
team
members,
some
of
whom
are
here
for
this
briefing
and
others
who
are
also
following
on
the
live
stream:
yusra
arab
rock
sanderson,
henry
jimenez
schombury
lee
robert
lilligren
allison
sharkey,
anthony
taylor,
mike
tamale,
anisha,
murphy,
kenya,
mcnaidahad,
marcus
owens,
felicia,
perry,
jonathan
weinhagen
and
sarah
barrow,
we're
also
joined
by
sean
pearce.
A
Our
administration's
director
of
economic
development
and
inclusion
policy
who's
been
a
driving
force
behind
this
work
and
also
key
coalition
members.
Sarah
barrow
with
excel
energy
and
susan
bass,
roberts
with
the
polad
foundation,
are
also
with
us
here
today
as
well.
Thank
you
so
much
for
being
here,
they
and
their
organizations
have
been
as
reliable
and
as
consistent
partners
as
a
mayor
could
possibly
hope
for
and
thanks
for
being
here
and
your
commitment
to
doing
this
work
differently
and
supporting
our
community
all
throughout
our
city.
A
We've
mobilized
to
meet
immediate
needs,
and
that
goes
from
hunger
to
housing.
We
are
working
as
quickly
as
possible
to
ensure
that
our
residents
are
both
safe
and
healthy,
and
we
are
collectively
committed
to
not
just
rebuilding
but
creating
a
more
inclusive
and
equitable
minneapolis.
This
is
an
opportunity
to
transform.
A
This
is
an
opportunity
to
realize
the
goal
will
take
discipline
and
a
really
new
approach
working
with
community,
so
we're
coming
together
today
at
a
very
pivotal
moment
for
our
city.
Here
are
the
numbers.
More
than
10
of
the
city's
commercial
corridors
have
sustained
physical
damages
some
to
the
level
of
complete
destruction.
A
These
were
the
very
same
areas
that
were
hardest
hit
by
covet
19
and
faced
also
with
gentrification
more
than
1025
buildings.
According
to
preliminary
estimates,
more
than
1300
businesses,
many
of
which
were
owned
by
black
indigenous
people
of
color,
including
our
immigrant
community.
Thousands
of
people
are
without
work
and
the
list
continues.
A
This
crisis
is
a
call
to
action
together.
We
can
seize
this
responsibility
to
build
a
stronger
city
for
everyone,
and
I
want
to
be
clear.
This
team
is
dedicated
to
charting
a
course
for
our
city
and
working
over
the
long
haul
to
make
a
more
just
minneapolis.
I
also
want
to
be
clear
about
what
we're
not
doing
as
part
of
this
coalition.
We
are
not
tackling
public
safety
issues
through
this
group,
we're
additionally
not
tackling
housing
issues.
A
Specifically
through
this
group,
we
have
a
number
of
task
forces
and
experts
engaged
in
that
process
in
those
processes,
but
the
team
you
have
today
is
dedicated
to
transformative
work
around
economic
inclusion,
so
with
that
I'll
turn
it
over
to
my
friend
and
colleague,
and
a
leader
on
this
issue
council.
Vice
president
andrea
jenkins,.
B
Thank
you
so
much
mayor
fry
for
for
leading
this
work,
and-
and
I
too
want
to
just
thank
all
of
the
the
members
of
of
this
core
strategy
group
and
and
just
starting
with
sean
pierce
from
from
your
office,
whose
leadership
has
been
outstanding
to
to
bring
this
work
forward,
but
also
members
like
marcus
owens,
kenya,
mcknight
yusuf,
arab
and
and
anisha
murphy,
anthony
taylor
and
tom
bori
lee
henry
jimenez,
rox,
anderson
and
and
robert
lilligren
and
mike
tamale.
B
All
have
really
come
together
to
be
a
part
of
this.
Thanks
to
the
co-chairs
of
felicia
perry
and
allison,
sharkey
and
and
jonathan
weinhagen.
You
know
we
are
at
a
critical
moment
in
in
minneapolis's
history.
We
are
in
the
throes
of
a
global
pandemic
that
is
threatening
the
health
and
economic
safety
of
the
physical
health
and
economic
security
in
in
our
communities
and
communities
all
around
the
country,
but
we're
also
facing
the
the
pandemic.
B
That
is
racism
and
how
that
has
been
a
destructive
force
in
in
our
community.
And
so
you
know,
as
a
response
to
the
unrest
that
has
been
prevalent
and
initiated
here
in
minneapolis
result
after
the
death
of
george
floyd.
B
You
know
we
have
this
opportunity
mayor.
You
mentioned
all
of
the
cultural
corridors
that
have
been
commercial
corridors
that
have
been
damaged
and
the
number
of
businesses
that
have
been
harmed
and
the
number
of
people
that
are
unemployed.
B
So
we
got
to
center
our
economic
inclusion
policies
and
and
decision
makings
that
are
centered
on
communities
of
color
people
of
color.
That
can
help
move
our
city
forward.
I
I
think
the
recommendations
that
this
group
has
come
up
with
will
really
create
a
great
opportunity
for
us
to
shift
the
paradigm
and
and
change
the
conversation.
C
B
Are
no
longer
operating
as
business
as
usual,
we
are
going
to
lift
up
those
communities
that
have
been
most
marginalized
in
our
recent
and
long
past
in
history.
B
B
I
was
a
part
of
our
black
business
week
last
august
and
I'm
I'm
looking
forward
to
to
lifting
up
businesses
of
color,
certainly
black
and
brown
communities,
and
and
working
with
all
of
you
to
bring
these
things
to
a
reality.
So
thank
you
very
much
mayor
and
I
look
forward
to
our
continued
work
together.
A
Thank
you,
council
vice
president
and
you're
right.
You
know
right
now.
The
eyes
of
the
world
are
on
minneapolis
and
we
have
the
opportunity
now
to
do
this
right,
and
so
I
want
to
ask
jonathan
weinhagen
our
champion
at
the
chamber
and
also
a
co-chair
to
offer
a
high
level
overview
of
the
sprint
cycle
and
eight
areas
of
action
that
we're
going
to
be
diving
into
mr
weinhagen.
D
Good
morning,
mayor
and
council
vice
pres
president,
thank
you
for
the
leadership
that
you
have
provided
to
our
city
and
our
community
and
to
this
effort
I
mean
thanks
to
all
of
you
who
have
joined
us
today.
D
I
am
jonathan
weinhagen
president
and
ceo
of
the
minneapolis
regional
chamber
and
really
proud
and
privileged
to
serve
as
a
co-chair
of
the
minneapolis
forward
community
now
coalition
and
to
walk
along
alongside
this
incredible
group
of
core
strategy,
team
members
and
broader
coalition
members
to
envision
a
future
for
our
city,
that
I
think
we
all
share
in
the
aftermath
of
the
destruction
that
touched
every
corner
of
the
city
of
minneapolis.
We
knew
that
we
needed
a
strategy
that
created
a
space
for
healing
and
positioned
us
for
rebuilding
and
transformation.
D
We
also
recognize
that
in
this
moment
we
need
to
center
the
voices
of
black
indigenous
people
of
color
and
immigrants
in
any
strategy
that
we
move
forward
and
that's
exactly
what
we're
doing
over
the
past.
Eight
weeks,
our
core
strategy
team
has
defined
eight
areas
of
action.
You
see
them
on
the
screen.
They
range
from
business
retention
to
reimagining
public
spaces
and
everything
in
between
we've
organized
these
areas
of
action
into
three
cycles:
a
series
of
sprints-
and
let
me
tell
you
they
are
a
series
of
sprints.
D
I
mean
we've
spent
several
weeks
in
subgroups,
building
out
a
set
of
recommendations
that
we've
had
the
opportunity
to
share
with
the
mayor,
to
share
with
other
community
members
to
garner
feedback
and
to
further
refine
today,
I'm
just
absolutely
thrilled
and
excited
to
share
the
first
slate
of
community-led
recommendations
and
then
we'll
move
into
the
next
phase
of
our
second
and
third
cycle.
So
with
that,
I'm
going
to
turn
it
back
to
the
mayor.
D
Who
is
going
to
introduce
our
core
strategy
team
members
who
are
going
to
walk
us
through
the
first
set
of
recognition,
recommendations.
A
Thank
you
so
much
jonathan
for
your
commitment.
So,
let's
dive
in
right
now
with
our
first
priority
area,
which
is
business
retention,
there's
a
lot
of
ground
to
cover,
but
to
be
respectful
every
everyone's
time
we'll
have
about
five
minutes
for
each
subject.
Area
chambery
lee
will
walk
us
through
the
this
group's
recommendations.
John
berry.
E
Good
morning
to
everyone,
and
thank
you
mayor
for
the
opportunity-
I
just
want
to
take
a
quick
second
to
thank
the
city
of
minneapolis
the
coalition.
It's
been
a
great
learning
experience.
My
group
has
been
focused
on
area
number,
one,
which
is
the
business
retention
before
I
want
to
get
going
on
that.
I
want
to
give
a
quick
shout
out
to
the
working
members
of
the
group.
We've
had
some
wonderful
conversations
in
the
last
few
weeks
here.
E
Thank
you
to
anthony
taylor
from
the
cultural
wellness
center
jonathan
weinhagen
from
the
minneapolis
regional
chamber,
mike
tamale
from
the
neighborhood
development
center.
So
thank
you
all
and
then
myself,
john
berry.
We've
had
some
wonderful,
meaningful
conversations
in
the
last
few
weeks
here
and
with
this
we
have
come
up
with
some
recommendations
for
area
one
and
area
one.
E
What
we're
looking
at
is
to
develop
and
deploy
resources
to
preserve
in
the
community
to
businesses
and
the
cultural
institutions
that
were
there
before
the
death
of
george
floyd,
whether
another
property
owner
chooses
to
rebuild
the
repair
of
the
directly
impacted
building.
So
that
was
our
area
of
focus
and
through
that
process
we
came
up
with
five
recommendations.
E
We
talked
a
lot
about
many
of
the
possibilities
to,
even
maybe
you
know,
starting
a
new
initiative,
but
that
would
take
us
times
now
years
and
months
to
really
get
things
going.
So
we
we're
looking
at
some
of
the
possibilities
and
some
of
the
great
things
that
our
community
is
already
doing,
and
how
do
we
get
those
out
to
our
community
so
next
slide
here?
E
Some
of
the
things
we
talked
about
are
the
five
key
things
we
talked
about,
I'm
going
to
breathe
through
them
really
quick
and
give
you
more
detail
information
here.
The
first
one
is
to
deploy
us
to
the
first.
One
here
is
to
develop,
deploy
additional
community
navigators.
E
The
second
one
here
is
to
provide
intentional
technical
assistance
to
support
impacted
business.
The
next
one
is
to
find
and
support
temporary
spaces
for
businesses
along
lake
street
afternoon
that
has
been
displaced
and
then
to
provide
customized
financial
support
for
impacted
business,
and
the
fifth
recommendation
is
to
be
attentive
to
the
cultural
elements
in
our
community.
So,
to
pick
run
back
to
recommendation
number
one
to
deploy
additional
community
navigators.
What
we're
looking
at
is
to
deploy
more
navigators
who
are
community-based
to
help
our
impacted
businesses
and
get
out
to
the
resources
that
are
available.
E
There
are
a
lot
of
community
based
organizations,
the
city
of
minneapolis,
that
has
a
lot
of
great
resources
and
programs
are
available,
but
our
business
owners
they're
not
getting
access
to
these
because
they
don't
know
how
to
access
it.
So
what
we're
recommending
is
to
find
and
to
deploy
additional
community
navigators
from
the
community
to
help
these
community
get
to
the
resources
that
are
available
to
them.
The
second
recommendation
is
to
provide
intentional
technical
assistance,
support
impacted
business.
E
Now,
as
you
all
know,
you
may
have
two
buildings
and
two
businesses
next
to
each
other,
but
their
knees
are
completely
different
and
in
times
of
covet
and
in
silver
unrest,
what
we
need
to
do
is
we
need
to
start
thinking
about
the
technical
side
of
this.
How
do
we
shift
and
pivot
these
businesses
to
to
to
impact
to
to
the
new
reality
of
being
a
covet
customer?
What
we
need
to
bring
into
the
technical
assistance
team
is
more
intentional
technical
assistance.
E
What
we're
looking
at
is
to
find
people
who
are
web
experts
who
can
help
people
promote
businesses
online,
how
people
pivot
and
change
their
businesses
online
to
make
money
online.
You
know,
as
you
all
know,
that
is
the
the
new
thing
that's
up
and
coming
so
that's.
Our
second
recommendation
is
to
provide
very
intentional
technical
assistance,
bringing
people
who
reflect
the
community
to
help
them.
I
think
that's
another
key
part
of
this
is
being
very
intentional
and
who
we're
bringing
in
moving
to
the
next
part.
E
Here
is
number
three
find
and
support
temporary
spaces
for
businesses
along
lake
street
that
has
been
displaced.
As
you
all
know,
many
businesses
have
been
displaced
through
this
whole
ordeal,
and
businesses
need
a
place
to
go,
as
many
of
you
all
know,
as
a
business
owner
myself
having
a
business,
even
though
our
business
is
not
functioning,
we
still
have
bills
to
pay
mouths
to
feed
and
trying
to
keep
a
roof
over
our
head.
E
The
goal-
and
the
purpose
of
this
is
to
make
sure
that
businesses
are
still
operational
in
times
of
need,
even
though
they
don't
have
a
space
to
operate
the
business.
What
we're
looking
for
is
a
partnership
with
many
of
the
businesses
and
some
of
the
vacant
buildings
within
the
cities.
How
do
we
partner
with
them
to
bring
these
businesses
into
these
spaces
and
through
that?
How
do
we
get
finances
to
help
businesses
move
into
these
places?
E
The
goal
of
the
coalition
is
to
make
sure
that,
when
we're
providing
temporary
spaces
that
these
businesses
are
going
to
go
in
and
be
successful
as
they
move
into
these
temporary
spaces
and
times
of
rebuilding
their
original
business
spot.
The
fourth
recommendation
that
we
have
is
to
provide
customized
financial,
to
support,
impacted
businesses
and
through
that
process.
E
What
we're
looking
at
is
there's
a
lot
of
money
coming
down
the
pipeline,
as
you
all
know,
from
the
federal
level
from
the
state
level
from
the
county
level
city
level,
but
there
are
still
a
lot
of
businesses
that
are
not
getting
these
fundings
and
grants.
What
we're
looking
for
is
unrestricted
fundings
to
help
these
businesses
that
are
not
getting
these
money.
E
There
are
still
people
who
don't
know
that
there
are
money
coming
down
the
pipeline,
and
so
with
the
technical
assistance
navigators
we
can
help
provide
help
to
point
them
to
the
right
place
to
these
customized
financial
supports
a
good
example
is
through
ndc,
where
they're
providing
flexible
payments
on
their
loans,
interest
only
payment
and
then
given
forgiveness
from
ndc
other
things
we
may
consider
are
the
midtown
global
markets
these
and
this
american
auto
central.
We
have
businesses
in
these
place
that
don't
have
access
to
these
funds.
E
E
Minneapolis
is
such
a
wonderful
place
because
of
the
melting
pot
that
it
is
what
we
want
to
do
is
we
want
to
design
all
of
the
programs,
not
just
our
program
or
this
program
or
any
other
program,
but
to
be
attentive
to
the
cultural
elements,
to
ensure
that
we
reduce
disparity
and
access
and
eligibility
and
to
increase
the
assistance
available
to
the
communities
identified
as
having
greater
needs
or
are
at
our
need
of
help.
So
that
is
what
our
recommendation
is
for
area
one
for
business
retention.
E
A
A
Next,
I
want
to
invite
up
felicia
perry
from
the
west
broadway
business
association
to
to
give
us
a
walk
through
on
areas
two
and
three
and
that's
prioritizing
by
poc
businesses
and
supporting
entrepreneurs
who
invest
in
community
respectively
felicia.
Thank
you
for
your
work.
F
Peace,
everybody,
how
y'all
doing
my
name
is
felicia
perry,
executive,
director
of
the
west,
broadway
business
and
area
coalition.
My
work
group
was
comprised
of
some
pretty
brilliant
individuals,
myself,
yusra
arib
robert
lillagrin,
marcus
owens,
and
we
covered
two
areas
and
area.
F
Two
was
prioritizing
bipac
minority-owned
businesses,
where
we
had
the
goal
of
developing
and
deploying
resources
for
these
businesses
and
nonprofits
that
were
owned,
that
owned
or
leased
space
in
a
building
that
was
destroyed
or
directly
impacted
and
where
insurance
would
not
cover
the
loss
and
one
of
the
first
things
we
discussed
was
developing
a
standardized
assessment
tool
in
order
to
really
get
a
grasp
on
what
it
is.
Businesses
needed
what
the
impacts
were
and
what
the
needs
were
and
using
this
standardized
assessment
tool.
F
F
Recommendation
two
would
be
to
develop
community
navigators
capacity,
and
this
support
would
include
things
like
reading
paperwork,
responding
to
notices
a
bit
more
of
that
one-on-one
support
through
the
journey
of
this
process,
and,
additionally,
we
would
invest
in
the
technical
assistance
providers
that
we
already
have.
That
includes
legal
financial
insurance,
so
that
the
business
owners
have
access
better
access
to
that,
and
these
navigators
would
actually
work
in
complement
with
the
technical
assistance
providers.
We
already
have
in
a
lot
of
these
communities
and
that
would
act
kind
of
as
like
a
host.
F
These
ta
providers
and
organizations
would
act
as
a
hub
for
the
navigators
better
kind
of
streamlining.
This
wrap
around
sort
of
support
to
offer
the
businesses
I
think
somebody's
mic
is
on.
F
Recommendation
three
is
to
expand
financial
resources,
and
this
would
be
a
broad
spectrum
of
financial
tools
and
resources
for
the
impacted
communities,
and
it
would
include
things
like
low
interest
rates
and
or
forgivable
loans.
F
Assistance
to
maintain
payroll
help
identifying
temporary
locations,
and
that
would
excuse
me,
as
well
as
tiered
financing
options
that
would
be
based
on
the
size
of
the
business
area.
Three
was
also
covered
by
our
group,
and
this
was
specifically
around
supporting
entrepreneurs
who
invest
in
community
so
that
our
focus
isn't
just
on
the
businesses
or
the
buildings
or
the
properties
and
the
damage
of
that.
But
really
what
is
the
ongoing
sustainable
impact?
F
F
Actually
businesses
like
the
black
women's
wealth
alliance,
which
exists
in
north
minneapolis
and
thinking
about
really
intentionally
investing
in
those
type
of
programs
and
resources
and
assets
that
we
have
in
communities
and
also
using
them
as
a
model
in
places
that
do
not
have
them
and
and
have
a
need
creation
of
a
small
business
academy
was
our
second
recommendation
and
the
idea
is
to
create
a
space
for
entrepreneurs
and
business
owners
to
plan
this
idea
that
we
kind
of
have
to
function
under
some
of
these
systems
that
require
us
to
do
a
lot
with
a
little
and
not
a
lot
of
time
actually
tend
to
be
quite
oppressive,
and
so
the
idea
behind
this
is
to
actually
give
some
flexibility
and
adaptability
in
support
of
the
business
entrepreneur's
vision
and
also
leading
into
that
recommendation
is
to
create
space
so
that
they
can
take
risk
without
losing
access
to
future
financing
opportunities.
F
F
The
current
system
either
needs
to
be
very
much
changed,
or
new
ones
and
or
new
ones
created
in
order
to
provide
functional
services
to
stabilize
and
grow
our
businesses,
and
this
would
include
things
like
fractional
executive
management
to
to
help
like
propel
businesses
for
support
businesses
in
that
way,
and
additional
supports
would
include
supply
procurement
for
impacted
corridors,
corridor,
industry
level,
buying
a
raw
materials,
cooperative,
business
ownership
and
worker
owned
owned
opportunities,
as
well
as
other
things
like
conversions,
mergers
and
other
opportunities,
but
really
opening
up
the
space
and
support.
G
A
Thank
you
so
much
felicia
especially
excited
about
some
of
the
recommendations
you
had
around
financial
resources,
the
possibility
of
having
some
form
of
a
zero
to
low
interest
loan
program.
That
really
could
be
a
game
changer
and
I
know
we're
all
super
psyched
about
the
the
prospects
of
the
small
business
academy
as
well.
A
So,
let's,
let's
head
in
here
to
to
area
four-
and
I
I
believe
this
is
going
to
be
a
someone
else
from
your
team.
Are
we
moving
on
to
kenya
right
now,.
A
So,
let's
I'll,
let's
hit
I'll,
I
will,
I
will
head
it
over
to
kenya,
mcknight
ahad,
who
is
the
founder
and
ceo
of
the
black
women's
wealth
alliance,
and
she
will
give
an
overview
of
of
area
four,
which
will
focus
on
real
estate
owners
and
tenants.
Kenya.
H
H
Thank
you
so
good
morning
and
welcome
thank
you
for
allowing
us
to
present
this
information
here.
I
want
to
give
a
shout
out
to
my
core
team
members
on
group
four,
and
that
is
anisha
murphy
of
the
community
reinvestment
fund,
henry
jimenez
of
the
latino
economic
development
center
roxanne,
anderson
of
minnesota,
trans
health
coalition
and
allison
sharkey
of
the
lake
street
council.
Thank
you
for
all
your
great
work
in
this.
We
we
banged
it
out
a
lot,
so
we
had
a
lot
of
outside
meetings
and
were
able
to
put
this
together.
So
thank
you
group.
H
Four
area.
Four
is
focused
on
developing
resources
for
owners
whose
properties
has
been
destroyed
and
directly
impacted
and
where
insurance
will
not
cover
the
laws.
We
also
think
it's
critically
important
to
use
this
as
an
opportunity
to
create
wealth,
building
opportunities
throughout
communities
of
colors,
particularly
black,
indigenous
and
other
immigrant
communities.
H
We
see
our
group
as
really
a
foundational
aspect
to
what
the
minneapolis
forward
really
is
is
is
going
to
like
anchor
itself
on
is:
is
the
land
acquisition
really
focusing
on
the
land,
the
ownership
and
just
kind
of
getting
a
handle
on?
That
would
help
us.
H
But
we
also
know
that,
in
order
to
make
that
possible,
we
have
to
create
additional
and
specific
funding
solutions
and
strategies
and
tactics
that
will
accelerate
economic
growth
and
stability
across
the
city,
and
so
for
with
that,
we're
talking
about
money
to
purchase
land
money
to
go
directly
into
three
levels
of
support
from
short-term
to
medium
to
long-term.
I
H
H
So
it's
great,
you
know
to
give
resources
to
entrepreneurs
in
the
short,
but
we've
got
to
be
able
to
support
their
capacity
throughout
the
long
term,
which
is
where
the
cultivation
comes
in
at
so
the
core
strategies
and
tactics
and
solutions
to
retain
and
cultivate
businesses.
It's
going
to
have
to
happen
through
an
economic
development
inclusion
which
increases
the
community
ownership
and
intentional
investments
among
key
opportunity
zones
that
advance
again
the
city-wide
economy.
H
I
have
to
stress
express
that,
because
we
talk
a
lot
about
one
element
of
the
city,
but
this
is
about
the
entire
city.
This
is
this
includes
north
minneapolis.
We
have
to
look
at
south
minneapolis,
of
course,
lake
street,
but
it
certainly
was
broadway,
but
there
are
a
lot
of
other
areas
across
the
city
that
were
impacted
and
then
a
lot
of
areas
that
also
just
offer
opportunity
for
us
to
kind
of
maximize
on
this
moment.
H
In
that
I
would
say
we
are
looking
at
how
to
support
entrepreneurs
interested
in
real
estate
interested
in
purchasing,
but
may
not
have
the
capacity
right
now.
How
do
we
support
and
grow
their
capacity
into
ownership,
real
estate,
project
management
and
brokerage?
Are
we're
going
to
need
that
element,
subsidies
for
commercial
space
prospective
commercial
community,
commercial
ownership,
cultural
cdc's
and
for
commercial
and
residential
development?
H
We
certainly
have
had
that
in
the
past,
and
we
need
to
see
that
you
know
happen
again
as
part
of
how
we
can
ensure
that
cultural
communities
and
and
to
be
specific,
we're
talking
about
black
indigenous
immigrant
communities,
have
real
estate
and
resources
to
actually
own
property,
commercial
and
residential
throughout
our
city,
and
then
cultural
and
economic
tools
that
will
support.
H
H
And
lastly,
one
of
the
you
know
pieces
we
really
we
really
want
to
maximize
this
moment
on
is
to
build
cultural
and
generational
sustainable
development.
So
that
means
you
know
that
will
also
help
increase
generational
wealth
building
across
our
community.
So
again,
ownership
is
key
in
this,
and
and
and
so,
land
acquisition
and
resources
to
make
that
possible.
H
Is
everything
and
foundational
to
us
being
able
to
turn
our
city
from
a
place
of
despair
to
a
place
of
opportunity
right,
which
is
what
george
floyd
came
here
seeking
to
begin,
the
city
of
minneapolis
is
opportunity,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
this
is
grounded
in
that
we
want
to
make
sure
that
we
can
use
this
at
the
moment
to
help
stabilize
communities
of
color,
particularly
black,
again
immigrant
and
our
indigenous
communities
through
generations,
which
have
not
always
been
afforded
these
opportunities
in
minneapolis.
H
But
we
have
that
moment
now
to
be
extraordinary
and
to
make
sure
that
we
can
raise
up
neighborhoods
local
markets
and
use
it
through
a
city-wide
economic
approach,
and
that
I
would
say
the
last
piece
that
it
is
not
here,
though,
we
also
think
that
we
need
to
have
a
public
policy
approach
to
how
we
do
this,
where
we
really
have
broad
agendas
that
are
supported
by
the
city
and
other
folks.
H
A
Thank
you,
kenya.
I
think
you
hit
the
nail
on
the
head
when
you
said
that
ownership
is
the
key,
especially
when
you're
talking
about
this
anti-displacement
work.
Ownership
is
the
real
guard
against
any
that
that
form
of
displacement.
A
So
we
are
working
with
minneapolis
business,
philanthropic
and
foundational
leaders
to
put
resources
behind
this
work.
I'm
real
honored
to
have
sarah
barrow
with
excel
energy
here
to
highlight
why
her
team
is
getting
involved
and
and
helping
out
sarah.
J
Yep,
thank
you
mayor
really
happy
to
be
here.
I
would
like
to
thank,
of
course,
the
mayor
vice
president
jenkins,
and
a
special
thank
you
to
jonathan
weinhagen,
who
I
know
has
been
working
tirelessly
on
this
and
to
sean
pierce
in
the
mayor's
office.
Who
is
awesome-
and
I
am
newly
involved
in
this,
but
the
I'm
so
impressed
with
the
coalition
members
and
the
core
strategy
team.
You've
done
amazing
work
so
far,
and
I'm
just
proud
and
humbled
to
be
part
of
this
community-based
and
community-led
work
on
behalf
of
excel
energy.
J
C
J
A
Thank
you
so
much
sarah
for
your
commitment
and
from
excel.
So
I'm
going
to
turn
it
over
to
mr
jonathan
weinhagen.
Now
who's
going
to
bring
us
home
and
speak
to
how
others,
whether
it's
corporate
philanthropic
foundational
community
partners,
can
get
involved.
Jonathan.
D
Thank
you
mayor
thanks,
sarah
for
xl's,
ongoing
commitment
to
this
city
and
a
huge
thanks
to
the
core
strategy
team.
I
have
never
worked
with
a
brighter
group
of
leaders
who
are
more
committed
and
passionate
about
the
community
that
they
live
and
work
in.
I'm
just
really
excited
for
what
lies
ahead
for
our
city
and
we're
fortunate
to
have
one
of
the
best
corporate,
non-profit
and
philanthropic
communities
in
the
world.
D
Time
and
time
again,
time
and
time
again,
these
institutions
have
stepped
up
to
support
and
invest
in
our
community
to
partner
with
us
and
to
tackle
some
of
our
greatest
challenges.
I
think
we
can
all
recognize
that
rebuilding
a
city
is
going
to
take
a
next
level
of
commitment.
D
D
Is
interested
in
partnering
and
working
with
the
minneapolis
forward
coalition
to
check
out
the
website,
minneapolis,
minneapolismn.gov,
backslash,
minneapolisforward
or
you've
heard
about
how
awesome
sean
pierce
is
a
number
of
times
on
this
call.
You
can
reach
out
to
her
and
find
out
directly
just
how
awesome
she
is
she's.
The
director
of
economic
development
and
inclusion
policy
in
the
mayor's
office
for
contact
information
is
available.
Here
I
mean
we
just
really
look
forward
to
coming
together
as
a
community
once
again
to
envision
the
inclusive
city
that
this
community
deserves.
A
K
Yes,
thank
you
very
much
mayor.
A
K
I'm
gonna
now
call
on
members
of
the
media
that
have
rsvp'd
for
this
press
conference
to
see
if
they
have
questions,
I'm
gonna
start
with
liz
navital
the
star
tribune
liz.
Are
there?
Are
you
there
do?
You
have
questions.
G
Yes,
are
you
curious,
what
will
it
take
logistically
to
get
some
of
these
programs
off
the
ground?
Do
they
have
to
go
through
council
or
other
approval
processes,
and
is
there
sort
of
a
timeline
for
launching
these
initiatives.
A
A
So
much
of
this
work,
while
it
can
be
facilitated
and
guided
in
some
way
by
the
city,
we're
making
sure
to
center
our
black
and
brown
leaders
in
the
process,
so
they
are
the
ones
that
are
helping
to
direct
funds,
direct
monies
and
figure
out
how
to
implement
some
of
these
recommendations
that
they've
presented
to
you
today,
the
the
money
itself
flows
through
in
many
ways
the
minneapolis
foundation.
A
So
my
understanding
is
that
for
the
most
part,
it's
not
necessary
to
have
much
of
these
funds
go
through
a
regular
city
process.
Now
that
being
said,
there
are
other
sources
that
can
come
directly
from
the
city
itself.
For
instance,
we've
got
a
commercial
property
development
fund,
commercial
property
development
fund,
which
will
be
focused
on
making
sure
that
business
business
owners
of
color
not
just
own
the
business
but
then
own,
the
brick
and
mortar
and
the
real
estate
on
which
the
business
sits
and
that's
about
three
million
dollars.
A
That's
that
will
be
allocated
along
many
of
these
corridors,
and
so
that
will
help
supplement
the
work
miss
pierce.
If
you
want
to
jump
in
and
add
anything
to
what
I
said,
that
would
be
very
helpful.
L
Nope.
Thank
you
mayor
exactly
what
the
mayor
said.
The
only
addition
that
I
would
add
here
is
that
much
of
what
you're
hearing
really
again
community-led
is
is
really
building
on
the
incredible
work
that
kenya
and
felicia
and
many
of
the
other
groups
that
you've
heard
from
today
are
already
doing
so.
L
So
some
of
it's
already
underway,
you
might
hear
another
time
from
jonathan
weinhagen
and
that
team
talking
about
what
it
means
to
have
temporary
space
with
some
of
our
partners,
yes
for
lake
street,
but
also
for
those
along
west
broadway
and
throughout
the
city
who
are
displaced
in
other
areas.
So
there's
the
funding
component
and
then
there's
the
implementation.
I'm
really
grateful
to
our
full
coalition
of
members
such
as
sarah
barrel,
steve
kramer,
the
pola
family
foundation
and
others
who
have
already
really
leaned
in
and
said
you
know
what?
L
Where
can
we
help
so
we're
working
on
getting
corporate
volunteer
structures
stood
up?
We
are
starting
with
our
work
to
figure
out
this
acquisition
model,
we're
looking
at
what
it's
going
to
take
to
temporarily
relocate
some
of
these
businesses,
so
the
work
is
already
underway.
There'll
be
many
opportunities
to
get
involved,
but
the
beauty
of
this
being
really
community
rooted
by
people
who
are
already
experts
in
their
field
and
expert
really
in
the
lives
of
our
neighbors
every
day.
K
All
right
next,
I'd
like
to
see
if
muhammad
ibrahim
of
the
associated
press
is
on
the
call
and
has
any
questions
that
he
would
like
to
ask.
K
D
C
Here
so
I
am
curious,
follow
from
liz's
question
about
the
funding.
Will
that
be
mainly
facilitated
through
the
minneapolis
foundation,
or
will
there
be
other
sources
of
funding
that
include
the
city
and
maybe
this
state
as
well.
A
Thank
you
for
the
question.
Muhammad.
There
will
very
likely
be
other
sources
of
funding
as
well.
As
I
mentioned
just
a
second
ago.
The
minneapolis,
the
city
of
minneapolis,
is
already
has
commitments
through
the
commercial
property
development
fund.
We
already
have
business
navigators
in
some
form
that
are
doing
some
of
this
work
and
led
by
zoe,
and
that
would
additionally
be
bolstered
through
any
external
contracting
done,
along
with
the
foundation,
but
again
with
the
the
coalition
members
at
front
and
center
I'll.
A
Yes,
we
are,
we
do
have
ongoing
asks
and
partnerships
with
the
the
state
government
to
get
some
additional
assistance
there
and
as
well
from
the
feds.
M
Hi,
yes,
thank
you,
hi
everyone.
I'm
just
curious
to
learn
a
little
bit
more
about
the
process
of
helping
displaced
businesses.
It
doesn't
feel
like
there's
a
lot
of
space
on
lake
street.
So
are
there?
Are
there
other
areas
that
minneapolis
forward
is
looking
at,
and
then
I'm
also
curious
about
the
past
two
months
and
providing
that
customized
financial
support
and
if
people
haven't
had
that
help
yet
are
they
closing
their
doors
for
good?
Or
how
do
you
help
them
account
for
the
past
two
months,
since
the
unrest
happened.
A
Thank
you
for
the
question
nina.
There
is
there's
a
balance
with
efficiency
and
speed
on
the
one
hand,
but
then
also
making
sure
that
this
is
community
generated
and
community
led
on
the
other.
You
know
what
I
would
hate
to
do
is
very
quickly
introduce
a
process
unilaterally
make
decisions
simply
by
elected
officials
without
engaging
with
the
community,
which,
of
course
could
be
a
faster
process,
but
it
wouldn't
lead
to
the
transformation
that
we're
ultimately
insisting
that
happens,
and
so
you
know
through
covet
19.
A
A
We
know
that
those
didn't
meet
the
needs,
and
so
a
big
part
of
what
we're
doing
now
is
making
sure
to
get
these
recommendations
set
up
in
a
way
that
prevents
some
of
the
gentrification
that
could
potentially
come
down
the
pike,
including
the
purchase
by
out
of
community
or
out
of
state
real
estate
entities.
You
know
we
again:
we
want
to
see
community
ownership
at
the
end
of
this.
A
Yes,
it
is
a
tall
order,
but
we
are
most
definitely
up
to
the
task
sean
if,
if
you
want
to
either
answer
and
or
direct
to
any
of
the
other
core
strategy
team
members
that
could
further
elaborate
on
on
what
I've
been
saying.
D
Absolutely
thank
you,
so
I
mean
in
real
time
we're
talking
to
business
owners
across
the
city,
so
we
talked
a
lot
about
lake
street,
but
west
broadway
38th
in
chicago
again
every
corner
of
our
city.
That
was
impacted
about
the
need
for
some
immediate
location,
ranging
from
retail
to
commercial
interests
that
they've
just
been
distressed
displaced
because
of
this
destruction.
D
You
know
we're
in
partnership
with
the
the
mall
of
america
and
now
taking
applications
for
a
community
commons
at
the
mall,
a
temporary
location,
to
place
and
provide
some
technical
assistance
to
retailers
through
the
end
of
the
year
and
into
2021
again
with
that,
you
know,
vision
and
commitment
to
getting
them
back
into
a
position
to
come
back
to
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
continue
to
to
flourish
here.
D
Similarly,
with
commercial
tenants,
we
are
talking
to
the
building
owners
and
managers,
association
and
other
commercial
real
estate
folks
to
see
if
we
can't
identify
some
physical
built
environment
to
temporarily
locate
businesses
who
aren't
able
to
go
back
to
lake
street
or
go
back
to
west
broadway,
go
back
to
38th
and
chicago
so
that
they
can
continue
to
to
function
and
operate
and
keep
their
doors
open.
H
Yeah
sure
I'd
just
like
to
add
that
you
know
just
so.
We
have
you,
know
west
broadway
area
coalition
and
felicia,
just
because
it's
a
lot
stronger
than
myself
and
the
lake
street
council.
Both
institutions
have
funds
that
they
are
raising
still
so
you're
welcome
to
donate
to
their
funds.
That
is
going
towards
supporting
businesses,
ability
to
stay
alive
along
the
corridors
as
well
as
across
the
community
in
themselves,
and
so
I
know
that
west
broadway
is
still
kind
of
working
on
building
out
their
fund.
H
More
definitely
more
resources
are
needed
and,
setting
up
you
know
their
structures
and
processes
to
begin
deploying
resources
out
to
businesses
in
north
minneapolis
impacted
lake
street
has
deployed,
I
think,
more
than
five
million
dollars
out
of
the
funds
they've
raised
to
businesses
along
the
corridor
up
to
25
000
grants,
but
again
that
isn't
enough.
Some
of
these
businesses
have
sustained
a
substantial
amount
of
damage
and
loss
and
revenue
that
you
know
even
the
amounts
that
they
are
giving
to
these
wonderful
grant.
Programs
is
not
enough
to
keep
them
afloat.
H
Some
more
is
definitely
needed.
Businesses
are
often
lacking
resources
for
their
actual
livability,
because
they're
people
and
they
have
bills
and
things
to
pay
and
folks
are
typically
just
focused
on
the
physical
structures
of
the
businesses
and
not
the
people
who
run
them.
So
there's
always
a
need
to
keep
supporting
what's
happening
between
particularly
these
two
institutions,
west
broadway
area
and
business
coalition
and
the
lake
street
council,
because
they
hold
a
nice
brink
of
our
business
economy
with
entrepreneurs
throughout
the
corridor.
So,
but
that
is
something
that
is
happening.
That
definitely
needs
continued
support.
L
Thank
you,
kenya
and
nina.
I
believe
you
also
asked
the
question
about
whether
or
not
businesses
are
closing
their
doors
and
if
they
intend
to
come
back-
and
I
just
really
want
to
echo-
I
think
where
the
mayor
started
right,
so
we're
in
this
moment
and
all
of
us
are-
are
really
really
clear
about
being
in
this
place
because
of
what
happened
to
george
floyd
as
a
black
man
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
and
and
we've
seen
that
throughout
our
country,
the
reality
is
all
of
the
impacted.
L
Communities
were
also
dealing
with
the
results
of
covet
19
and
what
that
meant
for
our
business
community.
So
we
have
some
pretty
immediate
needs
that
we're
asking
everyone.
That's
listening
into
this,
to
try
to
help
us
with.
We
need
help
on
supply
chain.
Felicia
talked
about
that
in
her
presentation.
Some
of
our
businesses
that
did
just
fine
through
covet
19
who've
done
very
well.
Even
in
the
midst
of
civil
unrest,
some
of
our
bipark
owned
businesses.
L
Historically,
black
owned
businesses
have
done
just
fine
with
all
of
that,
going
on
and
now
supply
and
demand
is
kicking
in
and
they
are
paying.
You
know
seven,
some,
some
of
them
seven
times
more
to
get
access
to
the
goods
that
they
need
in
order
to
run
their
business
right,
so
we're
looking
for
and
working
on,
dedicated
supply
chains
as
well.
So
again,
we
want
all
of
our
businesses
in
minneapolis
to
stay
to
thrive
here.
L
We
believe
that
actually,
all
of
this
has
impacted
our
entire
city,
not
just
the
buildings
and
the
businesses
that
we
will
think
about,
and
so
even
for
those
businesses
that
might
choose
or
might
need
to
close
their
doors
right
now,
our
small
business
team.
It
just
really
is
incredible
and
we're
always
looking
forward
to
helping
those
businesses
come
back
and
our
entrepreneurs
really
thrive
and
grow
in
the
city.
K
All
right
next,
I'd
like
to
go
to
kate
raditz
of
wcco
tv
to
see
if
she
has
questions.
I
Thank
you
mayor.
I
think
it
was
at
the
beginning
of
the
call
that
you
had
said
that
housing
was
not
addressed
in
this
specific.
You
know
in
these
areas
of
action,
but
can
you
talk
about?
I
mean
homelessness
and
mental
illness
and
homelessness
of
people
living
on
the
streets
is
still.
A
Thank
you,
kate.
Yes,
I
I
will
touch
on
that
briefly,
making
a
note
that
that
the
while
that
issue
is
extraordinarily
important.
This
group
is
just
is
dealing
with
the
economic
inclusion
side.
So,
yes,
the
city
is
working
on
a
number
of
different
initiatives.
A
First,
based
on
harm
reduction
in
in
and
throughout
our
unsheltered
homeless
population,
making
sure
that
they're
protected
from
covet
19
that
the
areas
are
safe,
that
there
are
health
and
sanitary
and
cleanliness
stations
that
are
set
up.
Secondly,
we've
got
a
medium
term,
which
includes
shelters.
We
just
recently
announced
three
new
shelters
that
will
be
coming
online
over
the
next
year,
plus
the
the
first
being
a
culturally
specific
and
sensitive
shelter
that
is
built
around
our
native
community.
Hopefully
getting
up
by.
A
You
know,
december
1st
of
this
year,
the
second
being
a
women's
shelter
located
in
north
minneapolis
in
the
first
quarter
or
so
of
of
next
year
and
then
the
finally,
the
final
one
being
an
exodus
project
with
catholic
charities
that
will
be
geared
towards
people
who
have
some
who
are
are
in
need
of
some
form
of
either
hospice
care
or
mental
mental
treatment,
mental
illness.
And
then
the
final
one
which
should
should
not
and
cannot
get
overlooked,
is
long-term
and
stable
housing.
And
our
city
has
invested
many
times.
A
Items
sure,
can
you
can't
you
just
rephrase
the
question
a
little
bit,
so
I
I
understand
better.
I
Yeah
can
can
you
just
explain
a
little
bit
of
how
you're
gathering
this
feedback
and
how
you're
then
creating
creating
these
areas
of
action?
So
people
understand
how
you
came
up
with
these
proposals.
A
So
these
proposals
did
not
come
from
me.
I
I,
as
far
as
the
recommendations
go
those
that
really
deserve.
The
credit
is
the
core
strategy
team
that
has
been
set
up,
and
so
I'm
going
to
really
turn
it
to
them.
A
L
Sure
sure
kenya
I
see
you're
on
camera,
would
you
like
to
take
that
or
felicia
felicia?
Do
you
want
to
speak
to
our
process?
As
I
know,
you're
awesome
about.
F
Sure
I
can
speak
a
little
bit
to
the
process
I
like
process.
I
know
I
I
enjoyed
the
journey
of
process
so
what's
been
really.
What
I
appreciate
about
this
process
is
the
time
that
we're
and
that
we're
allowing
ourselves
to
be
able
to
really
be
intentional
about
this
work.
We've
all.
As
a
coalition
asked
a
lot
of
questions.
You
know.
I
asked
a
lot
of
questions
when
I
was
invited
to
be
the
co-chair
around
like.
F
Would
this
just
be
something
that
we're
contributing
to
the
city
of
minneapolis,
because
we
would
rather
be
spending
our
time
in
our
communities,
and
these
are
the
type
of
folks
that
are
on
this
coalition
that
were
who
have
been
working
for
seven
about
seven
weeks
meeting
a
couple
of
times
a
week,
and
so
the
process
really
looks
like
us
committing
some
time
to
connecting
on
a
regular
basis.
F
We
established
what
our
areas
would
be
very
early
on
hashed
through
those
really
talked
about
is,
you
know,
are
we
are
we
intentionally
supporting
those?
One
of
the
questions
I
often
ask
is,
in
the
end,
how
we
set
this
up
now
in
the
end,
who
ends
up
being
the
beneficiary
of
all
of
this
work
and
very
intentionally
wanting
to
bring
as
many
voices
into
the
room.
F
So
we
we
couldn't
always
bring
every
every
individual
person,
but
there's
a
lot
of
experience
says
that
someone
like
myself
has
had
directly
with
our
business
owners
our
businesses
and
organizations
across
the
city.
So
a
lot
of
my
work,
of
course,
is
in
north
minneapolis
on
the
west
broadway
corridor,
but
I'm
very
much
connected
with
business
owners
in
south
minneapolis.
F
I
mean
as
well
as
even
st
paul,
so
the
intent
behind
all
of
that
is
really
to
see
how
we
can
take
care
of
ourselves.
I
think
others
can
speak
a
little
bit
more
in
the
process,
but
it
was.
It
really
happened
a
lot
within
our
group
and
we
would
get
support
from
sean
around
continuing
to
move
this
process
forward,
because,
honestly,
a
lot
of
us
are
managing
a
lot
within
our
our
other
work.
That
kind
of
brought
us
to
this
space.
L
Awesome,
thank
you
felicia.
The
only
other
thing
I
would
amplify
that
felicia
just
pointed
out
is
that
it's,
it
was
the
request
and
the
responsibility
of
every
member
of
the
core
strategy
team
to
bring
with
them
all
of
the
work
that
they're
doing
in
community.
So
I've
had
a
number
of
neighborhood
associations,
for
example,
and
other
people
reach
out
and
say:
hey.
Can
we
get
a
seat
at
the
table?
It's
like
well.
L
For
a
moment
you
know
when
she's
representing
herself
as
executive
director
at
the
west,
broadway
business
and
area
coalition,
she's,
also
bringing
with
her
her
work
as
an
artist
and
the
working
artist
collectives
who
are
really
moving
throughout
the
city
and
the
work
of
black
businesses,
and
the
list
really
goes
on
the
same
thing
with
every
member
right.
So
when
robert
lilligren
says
to
us
very
very
clearly,
this
work
can't
just
be
about
the
buildings
that
are
burned
down.
L
We
have
to
also
support
our
communities
that
were
that
protected
themselves
in
a
different
way
and
that
have
physical
structures
he's
bringing
not
just
nafty,
not
just
conversations,
sometimes
even
around
encampment,
but
he's
bringing
in
the
totality
of
the
work
that
he
touches,
and
so
the
responsibility
again
and
the
request
of
every
one
of
them
is
to
do
that.
And
then
the
responsibility
and
the
request
on
all
of
our
parts
is
to
reverberate
that
back
out.
So
that's
why
I'm
really
just
grateful
for
this
opportunity.
L
Yes
with
you
all
as
the
media,
but
I
think
more
importantly,
frankly,
for
our
neighbors
to
really
understand
just
how
hard
these
partners,
along
with
the
city
of
minneapolis,
the
philanthropic
community
and
larger
institutional
partners,
really
are
fighting
at
every
single
level
to
make
sure
that
our
city
continues
to
be
the
economic
engine
for
this
state
and
that
we
do
that
in
a
just
and
inclusive
way.
K
All
right,
thank
you.
I
know
we're
approaching
the
the
end
of
our
time
here.
Do
we
have
time
for
one
more
question?
I'm
gonna
call
on.
Lastly,
gordon
severson
from
kare11tv
to
see
if
he
has
any
questions.
K
Okay,
then,
I
will
move
to
kerrigan
miller
of
the
business
journal
to
see
if
she
has
any
questions.
N
Hi,
thank
you.
Sarah
yeah.
I
have
two
questions
both
of
them,
I
think,
are
relatively
brief.
One
there
was
talk
about
finding
vacant.
Businesses
on
lake
street
and
elsewhere
have
any
other
businesses
been
specifically
identified.
Besides
the
mall
of
america
and
two,
do
you
have
a
sense
of
how
many
businesses
which
were
damaged
during
the
unrest
have
already
called
it
quits
and
left.
D
Weinhagen
thanks
thanks
mayor,
we
have
not
identified
other
partners
that
we're
ready
to
kind
of
share
formally
as
of
yet
but
we're
in
active
conversations
with
a
number
of
other
business
businesses
and
business
owners
who
are
really
eager
to
to
be
helpful,
so
we're
just
kind
of
ironing
out
the
final
details
on
that.
With
regards
to
you
know,
companies
that
have
called
it
quits
to
date.
I
might
ask
sean
pierce,
because
I
know
she's
tracking,
that
really
closely
the
one
point
that
I
would
make
on
that
is.
D
You
know:
we've
got
these
these
dual
crises.
We
have
the
the
pandemic,
which
is
causing
pressure
kind
of
generally
across
the
city
in
the
region
of
the
state.
We
also
have
the
the
unrest
and
the
destruction
that
was
caused
in
the
aftermath
of
george
floyd's
murder,
so
two
different
things
and
we're
trying
to
really
track
those
two
things
concurrently
but
separately.
At
the
same
time,.
O
This
is
allison
sharkey
executive
director
of
the
lake
street
council.
I
can
add
a
little
bit
of
information
on
that
so
of
the
400
or
so
businesses
that
we
have
funded
through
through
the
we
love
league
street
program
about
50
of
those
have
reopened.
So
nearly
everyone
was
closed
during
the
civil
unrest
and
around
200
of
those
have
reopened
the
other
200
all
state
that
they
are
trying
to
reopen.
O
There
have
been
about
a
dozen
of
our
businesses
on
the
lake
street
corridor
that
have
announced
permanent
closures
in
terms
of
space
and
where
displaced
businesses
can
go.
There
have
been
some
success
stories
so
far.
Gandhi
mahal,
for
example,
just
signed
a
lease
over
at
the
chef
shack
on
franklin
avenue.
O
I
believe
skewered
redesign
helped
quite
a
bit
with
that
relocation,
so
that'll
be
a
temporary
project
for
a
couple
years,
while
they
focus
on
rebuilding
their
site
that
they
own,
and
then
I
don't
know
if
it's
public
information
yet
but
there's
at
least
one
business
that
is
going
to
be
moving
into
the
midtown
global
market,
and
I
know
that
neighborhood
development
center
is
speaking
with
some
other
displaced
businesses
as
well
about
space
that's
available
at
the
global
market.
Thank
you.
L
You
know
we
always
want
to
be
respectful
of
the
transitions
of
any
business,
whether
it's
a
legacy
transition,
because
a
family
member
has
is
moving
on
to
retirement
or
or
they're
dealing
with
finances
related
to
coven
19.
One
of
the
things
that
we
talk
about
at
the
city
is
that
sometimes
the
best
decision
for
a
business
is
to
temporarily
close
so
that
they
can
open
with
a
new
business
model
and
the
reality
actually
is
of
covet
19.
L
Is
that
we're
going
to
see
a
new
way
of
being
not
just
in
the
city
of
minneapolis
but
across
the
country?
Frankly,
so
we're
doing
our
best
to
absolutely
track
those
businesses
that
are
making
decisions
about
closing
and
doing
everything
we
can
to
align
behind
the
businesses
that
are
saying
they
want
to
open
and
they
want
to
do
things
differently.
L
So,
when
you've
heard
about
those
fractional
executives
that
felicia
covered
in
her
group,
that's
going
to
be
critical,
some
of
our
successful
businesses
20
years
in
the
city
frankly,
are
going
to
need
to
think
through
different
business
models.
In
this
time,
making
sure
that
we
have
the
supply
chains
covered.
Will
be
critical,
some
of
the
businesses
that
aren't
opening
on
west
broadway
or
on
38th
or
on
chicago
or
in
uptown
or
on
lake
street?
Again,
because
we
have
many,
many
almost
all
of
the
commercial
corridors
in
our
city
have
been
impacted
by
this.
L
H
Sean,
if
I
can
add
to
that
piece
of
it,
is
that
what
we
know
from
a
report
that
was
done
with
the
african-american
leadership
forum
on
the
black
business
collective
support,
which
myself
and
several
others
are
a
part
of,
is
that
more
than
50
percent
of
the
black
businesses
across
minnesota
have
been
impacted
and
closed
due
to
covet
and
the
uprisings.
H
And
with
that
we
cannot
forget
about
the
gig
economy,
workers
and
businesses
and
knowing
that
a
large
percentage
of
black
businesses
in
the
state
of
minnesota
are
independent
contractors,
sole
proprietors,
etc,
who,
by
the
way,
do
not
qualify
for
most
of
the
programming
resources
that
are
out
here
for
small
business
relief
and
so
that's
a
whole
base
of
entrepreneurs
who
might
have
co-working
space
or
work
out
of
their
homes,
home-based
businesses
that
are
also
important,
not
just
the
ones
who
have
bricks
and
mortars,
and
so
they
make
up
an
important
aspect
of
our
economy.
H
And
so,
let's
make
sure
we're
mindful
of
them
in
this
conversation,
but
certainly
they're
impacted
they're
not
able
to
take
on
the
jobs
they
used
to.
So
their
revenue
streams
are
definitely
lacking
right
now,
and
some
of
them
have
are
trying
to
figure
out
new
ways.
You
know
new
business
ideas.
I
know
what
we're
seeing
here
at
the
black
women's
wealth
alliance
is
that
the
majority
of
the
black
women
who
come
to
us
are
trying
to
start
new
businesses,
because
the
businesses
they
had
before.
I
A
Yes,
and
that
was
kenya,
mcknight
ahad,
for
the
press
on
the
line.
Thank
you
everyone.
So
much
for
joining.
Like
I
said
in
the
very
beginning
beginning,
this
is
a
community
driven
community-led
process.
We've
got
some
extraordinary
leaders
on
this
minneapolis
ford
community
now
coalition,
I'm
so
proud
to
be
working
with
them.
If
there
are
additional
questions,
please
don't
hesitate
to
direct
them
to
my
office.