Mckinley Neighborhood News and Events
An end to compostables odor?
Scrambling to beat the clock, officials at Organic Technologies Incorporated (OTI) say they’re close to having odors at their site at Dowling and Washington avenues North under control after two, going on three, frustrating and stinky seasons.MORE »
Occupy wins home in North Minneapolis, defends Latino home in South
“My parents had to work so hard for this house,” teary-eyed Alejandra Cruz told an Occupy Homes rally this week. “It’s unjust for the banks to take away our dream. My parents brought us here really young, and we’ve learned how to fight against injustice ever since we came to this country. It’s been a struggle for us every single day since we got here.”MORE »
African heritage central to HER Center — Clinic provides 'culture care,' specializing in HIV

The main objective for Pam White to starting her own clinic was to better provide culturally specific health care for Black women and girls. White, a local certified nurse practitioner who started the Health Empowerment Resource (HER) Center in the city’s North Side two years ago, says she believes in “cultural care.”MORE »
Waste disposal poses pollution threat to Northsiders

Proposals are currently under consideration to significantly increase emissions from Minneapolis polluters that have a disproportionate impact on low-income communities of color such as those in Phillips and on the North Side.MORE »
Demand grows for communal garden plots for immigrants

Growing up on her family’s farm in Uganda decades ago, Harriet Oyera couldn’t have dreamed she would one day grow squash and eggplant in a community garden she started on vacant ground in north Minneapolis.MORE »












