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Tom Crann
MINNEAPOLIS

Q&A: Rebuilding north Minneapolis

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Tornado anniversary live broadcast
Chad Schwitters, with Urban Homeworks, talks about rebuilding homes damaged after a tornado struck north Minneapolis one year ago today Tuesday, May 12, 2012 during a live ATC broadcast.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson

MPR News' Tom Crann of All Things Considered speaks with Chad Schwitters, executive director of Urban Homeworks, and Tim Manz, district supervisor of Housing Inspection Services - Minneapolis Regulatory Services, about how a community rebuilds after the devastation of a tornado. Some 3,700 residences were damaged in the storm to some degree. A year later, there are some remarkably re-built homes on the north side.

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Tornado anniversary live broadcast
Chad Schwitters, with Urban Homeworks, talks about rebuilding homes damaged after a tornado struck north Minneapolis one year ago today Tuesday, May 12, 2012 during a live ATC broadcast.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson
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Tornado anniversary live broadcast
Minneapolis housing inspector Tim Manz talks about rebuilding homes in north Minneapolis after a tornado struck one year ago today Tuesday, May 22, 2012 during a live ATC broadcast.
MPR Photo/Jennifer Simonson