Families raise money to save Rice Street Gardens as potential development looms startribune.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from startribune.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Rice Street Gardens is a social and nutritional haven for many east metro immigrants. Community members are raising $1 million to buy the garden plots.
Author and billionaire philanthropist MacKenzie Scott gave a record $436 million to Habitat for Humanity, the housing organization announced Tuesday. It is her largest public donation to date, eclipsing last week's $281 million award to the Boys & Girls Clubs of America.