Businesses still waiting for Minneapolis to come through with demolition help Instead of promised funds, Mpls. has threatened some owners of ruined properties with hefty fines. January 23, 2021 4:45pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Four months after Minneapolis officials promised to spend $2 million to clean up some of ugliest and most hazardous piles of rubble left from last spring s riots, the city has nothing to show for the effort.
At the corner of Chicago Avenue and E. Lake Street, several city blocks remain filled with scorched timbers and jagged metal. Similar scenes of devastation continue to blight other inner-city neighborhoods, including W. Broadway in north Minneapolis.