How will the Lake Street economy recover?

Flames come out of a building.
A fire at Hi-Lake Shopping Center is out of control at 21st Avenue and East Lake Street on Friday, May 29, 2020.
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MPR News senior economics contributor Chris Farrell and Marcus Owens, executive director of the African American Leadership Forum, joined Angela to talk about the history of the business district along Lake Street in Minneapolis, the site of massive fires and destruction in the aftermath of George Floyd’s killing.

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