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Rain gardens help Minneapolis’ first ‘eco-mosque’ control flooding

The Masjid An-Nur mosque in North Minneapolis.

…In 2019, one of the congregation’s members, Kenya McKnight, suggested Masjid An-Nur apply for a planning grant from the Mississippi Watershed Management Organization. This government agency, headquartered in northeast Minneapolis, works to protect and improve water quality in urban areas that drain into the Mississippi River.…

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