🌱 Housing Assistance Deadline Approaches + Official Taylor Swift Day

Hello, Minneapolis! In today's news:

• Nearly 500,000 people are in town for weekend events.
• The police department held an "Operation Safe Summer" event this week.
• The Vikings released its training camp schedule.

But first, today's weather: A severe afternoon t-storm. High: 81 Low: 62.

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Here are the top 3 stories in Minneapolis today:

1. Weekend crowds are “rivaling the Super Bowl,” with an estimated 500,000 people in town for Taylor Swift’s concerts, Pride activities and other events. "This is exactly what Minneapolis has needed for a long time,” business owner Eric Forsberg told KARE11. (KARE11)

2. The deadline is approaching for the HomeHelpMN housing assistance program. Applicants could receive up to $50,000 toward their “mortgage, taxes, lot rent, homeowners' associations' fees or other housing-related expenses.” (CBS)

3. The Vikings released its training camp schedule this week. Practices begin in July. (CBS)

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Today in Minneapolis:

• The Twin Cities Pride Festival is held at Loring Park. (10 a.m.)
• Comedian Steve Hofstetter performs at the Parkway. (7 p.m.)
• See "Jurassic World: Dominion" at Lyndale Farmstead Park. (9 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• The Minneapolis Police Department held an "Operation Safe Summer" event earlier this week at Cedar Field Park. (MPD)
• Several farmers markets are now open across the city. (Minneapolis Farmers Market via Instagram)
• The Minneapolis Park and Recreation Board is celebrating 140 years of city parks with a social media campaign. (Park Board)

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That's all for today! Have a great weekend.

— Georgi Presecky

About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her writing has been recognized with awards from the Ernest Hemingway Foundation, Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.

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