Minneapolis' Bold Plan To Tackle Racial Inequity And Climate Change

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🗓️ 25 June 2020

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Racial discrimination shaped the map of Minneapolis. Then city zoning locked many of those patterns into place. Maddie talks with NPR climate reporter Lauren Sommer about Minneapolis' bold plan to tackle housing disparities — and climate change. The new rules went into effect earlier this year. Community groups are calling on the city to follow through.

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0:00.0	You're listening to Shortwave from NPR.
0:05.0	Maddie, Sify here with MPR Climate Reporter Lauren Summer.
0:08.0	Hi, Lauren.
0:08.8	Hey, Maddie.
0:09.8	So today on the show, we're diving into a moment when the city of Minneapolis is grappling
0:15.7	with racial discrimination and deep inequity.
0:19.8	But we're not talking about today's times.
0:22.9	Right.
0:23.9	This was actually a year and a half ago before the killing of George Floyd, before protesters
0:29.6	around the country, you know, filled the streets.
0:31.9	The city was talking about this in a venue that definitely did not make national news.
0:36.5	Good evening, everyone.
0:37.5	Or afternoon.
0:38.5	I'm Lisa Bender.
0:39.5	I'm the president.
0:40.5	It was a Minneapolis City Council meeting.
0:41.5	The one item of business we have on today's agenda is the conduct of a public hearing
0:45.4	related to the draft 2040 comprehensive plan.
0:48.4	I will move.
0:49.4	They were taking public comment on a plan to redo the zoning ordinances.
0:54.0	Right.
0:55.0	The city's zoning, maybe not something people immediately think of as a societal reckoning,
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