Sahan Journal: Minneapolis says it will sell Roof Depot site to urban farm supporters—if they can raise the money
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SAHAN JOURNAL — By ANDREW HAZZARD APRIL 21, 2023
The city of Minneapolis said Friday it is willing to sell the Roof Depot site to community organizers seeking to build an urban farm if the group can secure funding from the state Legislature.
It’s the latest development in the years-long fight over a former Sears warehouse in the diverse and heavily polluted East Phillips neighborhood in south Minneapolis. The city bought the site in 2016 with intentions to expand its public works campus in the neighborhood. The East Phillips Neighborhood Institute, a local nonprofit, wants to convert the building into an indoor urban farm, housing, and community hub…