Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis homeless encampment building yurts for winter protection
A homeless encampment in the Phillips neighborhood is taking a unique approach to getting ready for winter. They’re raising money to build yurts and built the first ones just in time for the cold storm. Thursday and Friday.
Staying warm in cold weather is hard for people without homes. But at Camp Nenookaasi, they’re hoping they found a safe solution.
Nicole Mason is known as Grandma to the unhoused residents of Camp Nenookaasi and she has a grandmother’s protective instinct. So as a fall storm hinted at another harsh Minnesota winter, she showed us around the camp addition she hopes will keep everyone healthy.
“It has a wood-burning stove that vents out so it doesn’t get smoky or anything it’s safe to live in throughout the winter,” Mason said.
Eight to ten people can sleep in each yurt. They’re made simply using wood slats, rope, tarp, and a barrel stove.
And once they’re built, dismantling them is also pretty easy.
Each yurt costs about $500 to build. Friends of the camp raised money and bought materials for the first seven that went up last weekend.
They’re hoping to raise enough to build 13 more to fit the entire camp population — about 170 people — in a survivable spot where help can find them. The group has launched a GoFundMe to help collect donations.
“You know, water, a warm place for them to live somewhere, to be safe while outreach workers come and meet with them,” Mason said.
MnDOT forced the people in the camp to move from another location back in August, but Mason is hoping her rules about cleanliness and non-violence help them get a little more leeway from the city, even as they build bigger structures at the site.
We asked a city spokesperson and they make no guarantees.
Minneapolis, MN
Minnesota weather: Cooler Sunday, warming trend returning this week
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – Temperatures will likely stay in the lower 60s for a large chunk of the area on Sunday.
Sunday forecast
The northwest breeze will be rather gusty as well.
Winds are expected to back off Sunday night and clear sky conditions will lead to a chilly Monday morning.
Looking ahead
The rest of the work week is expected to feature gradual warming temperatures with a shot at 80 degrees returning for Thursday and Friday.
The forecast continues to stay dry.
Here’s a look at today’s highs and the seven-day forecast:
Minneapolis, MN
Minneapolis police stepping up security around synagogues
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Extra Minneapolis police patrols planned for synagogues after Temple Israel gets threats
“It’s not progressive nor inclusive to target any group of people for hate. It is ignorant. And every one of us, regardless of your ideology or background, should be calling that out as problematic, as hateful and as not having a place in our city.”
Temple Israel Rabbi Marcia Zimmerman said she is sending a message to her congregation “to assure them that we truly feel proud to be Jewish, proud to be a Jewish community in Minneapolis, and proud to have a heritage that is strong and vibrant and beautiful.”
“Every religious community should be able to worship without fear, especially on the holiest days of their year,” she said. “A threat to any religious community is a threat to all of us.”
O’Hara said he expects protests over the Israel-Hamas war in Gaza will continue and that those First Amendment activities will be protected.
“However, we absolutely will not tolerate threats of violence against members of our Jewish community,” he said. “We will not tolerate acts of destruction against property in this city, and we want everyone to know that we will ensure that all houses of worship for people of all faiths will be places where they can be safe.”
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