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Tom Crann
ST. PAUL, Minn.

First person: A tour of the tornado zone

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North Minneapolis tornado tour
Makeda Zulu-Gillespie, director of outreach at the University of Minnesota's Urban Research and Outreach/Engagement Center, talks about how last year's tornado affected neighborhoods and people in north Minneapolis during a tour Friday, April 20, 2012.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson

North Minneapolis native, Makeda Zulu-Gillespie, is the community outreach director for the University of Minnesota's Urban Research and Outreach-Engagement Center.

Zulu-Gillespie still lives in north Minneapolis. She took MPR's Tom Crann on a tour of the tornado zone and pointed out where cleanup has been completed -- and where there is still work to be done.

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North Minneapolis tornado tour
A sign referencing northside tornado survivors at the corner of West Broadway and Penn avenues N. on the side of a former liquor store April 20, 2012. The store was damaged last year's tornado and is now demolished.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson
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North Minneapolis tornado tour
Makeda Zulu-Gillespie, director of outreach at the University of Minnesota's Urban Research and Outreach/Engagement Center, talks about how last year's tornado affected neighborhoods and people in north Minneapolis during a tour Friday, April 20, 2012.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson
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North Minneapolis tornado tour
Most homes on the 3600 block of Emerson Avenue N. have new roofs as of April 20, 2012, nearly one year after a tornado struck north Minneapolis.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson