Environmental activists embroiled in a decade-long fight with Minneapolis over a prime slice of real estate in the East Phillips neighborhood are seeing victory on the horizon, as investors and volunteers line up to help realize their dream of an indoor urban farm. East Phillips Neighborhood Institute (EPNI) organizers have spent this spring knocking on doors in south Minneapolis, recruiting .
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Years of organizing and boiling tensions have led to a community victory for the Roof Depot site in Minneapolis, where stakeholders say a national precedent could be set for community-driven development.