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Lauretta Dawolo Towns

About me

Lauretta Dawolo Towns (email Lauretta@tcdailyplanet.net) is a freelancer for several local community and ethnic news outlets. She is also a mentor in the Big Brothers, Big Sisters program and a consultant with the Girls in Action program at Patrick Henry High School. Towns is a resident of the McKinley neighborhood in North Minneapolis where she lives with her husband and son.

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Raids not forgotten: community forum addresses immigrants’ connection to America’s food

By Lauretta Dawolo Towns, TC Daily Planet

Members of the local faith community will gather this weekend for a multi-faith forum and dialogue. The free community forum will address the impact of immigrants and immigration policy on the production and distribution of food in the United States. A panel of faith leaders will discuss the values of justice and respect relative to immigration and food.MORE »

Court of Appeals testing new mediation process

By Lauretta Dawolo Towns, TC Daily Plaent

A new Court of Appeals mediation program for family law cases is saving thousands of dollars for the litigants and for the court. About half of the first twenty cases to go through the program were successfully settled, according to John Kostouros, director of the state court information office.MORE »

North High celebrates new beginning on Inauguration Day

By Lauretta Dawolo Towns, TC Daily Planet

Students from North High School and Dunwoody Academy spent inauguration day celebrating a new partnership.MORE »

City builds on success of pilot housing program

By Lauretta Dawolo Towns, TC Daily Planet

Minneapolis Advantage provided $500,000 dollars last year in a pilot project that gave $10,000 forgivable loans to 50 Minneapolis homebuyers. The loans were for down payment and closing costs, provided that buyers purchased homes on the same street as a foreclosed, vacant or boarded property.MORE »

Door-to-door foreclosure outreach

By Lauretta Dawolo Towns, TC Daily Planet

Teams of volunteers hit the streets of North Minneapolis Monday evening, knocking on doors to offer help in avoiding the nightmare of foreclosure. The Northside Community Reinvestment Coalition (NCRC) and several partners and allies began working on their plan months ago. The first step was identifying at-risk homes.MORE »

Xcel next in line to target Phillips

By Lauretta Dawolo Towns, TC Daily Planet

Xcel Energy plans to build two substations in South Minneapolis, connecting them with high power transmission lines. Xcel says the new substations are essential to meet increased demand for electricity in the community and to replace an outdated distribution system.MORE »

Can the Twin Cities take another 20 years of congestion?

By Lauretta Dawolo Towns, Twin Cities Daily Planet

Transit for Livable Communities (TLC) says the Metropolitan Council's new 2030 Transportation Plan doesn’t provide concrete solutions for the Twin Cities' transportation needs.MORE »

Northside Arts Collective to throw itself a birthday bash

By Lauretta Dawolo Towns, TC Daily Planet

One of the jewels of North Minneapolis, the Northside Arts Collective (NAC), is celebrating its Fourth Annual Arts and Artists Gala on November 7.

The Northside Arts Collective’s Fourth Annual Arts and Artists Gala takes place Friday, November 7th from 5-9 p.m. at St. Anne’s Residence, 2323 26th Avenue N.

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Meet homeless families at "A Day in the Park" on Sunday

By Lauretta Dawolo Towns, TC Daily Planet

Twin-Cities friends, advocates and allies of the homeless are inviting community members to pack a picnic lunch and join them on a Sunday afternoon in Powderhorn Park. The purpose of this casual gathering is to welcome families marching with the Poor Peoples’ Economic Human Rights Campaign (PPEHRC) who will be visiting Minneapolis and St.MORE »

Three-legged 58B race contrasts leadership styles

By Lauretta Dawolo Towns, Minnesota Spokesman-Recorder

In the shadows of former state representatives Richard Jefferson, the Rev. Randolph Staten, Gregory Gray, Keith Ellison, and current Rep. Augustine Dominguez, Minnesota House District 58B has a legacy of strong leaders of color.MORE »