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| | Midtown project gets $700,000 |
 | | The funding, provided through the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services’ Office of Community Services, will be used to renovate the first floor of the vacant Sears building, creating a marketplace with a variety of ethnic foods that reflect the numerous cultural populations in Minneapolis. |
 | | The Midtown Global Market, which will become the city’s largest public market, will include about 60 businesses. |
 | | It is part of a massive redevelopment project 10 years in the making, and also will include 360 housing units, the headquarters of Allina Hospitals and Clinics, a Sheraton hotel, and a new transit facility. |
| www.southsidepride.com /2005/11/articles/midtown.html (186 words) |
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