Minneapolis's newest homeowner, Laura Weir, 23, has saved up for this day since her college graduation. She's been living with her parents after school and managed to set aside enough money to purchase a foreclosed home off Lake Nokomis.

Times of Recession

Finding Home

Minneapolis resident Hugo Camacho remodeled homes with Dovetail Renovation for seven years until he was laid off last March. Now, he starts each Monday at the WorkForce Center in South Minneapolis to search for jobs.

Family Man

Minneapolis is a tough place for taxicabs. The city has been flooded with drivers in recent years and now the economic crisis has caused less people to travel downtown and spend money.

Fare Share

Childhood friends Cullen Donovan and David Schuster are starting up the Twin Cities' newest thrift store, the Lost and Found.

Second Hand

Penumbra Theater Company, the largest African-American theater in the country, cut its general operating budget by 24 percent this year and postponed its next show until next season.

Box Office

San Miguel Middle School is a private, Catholic school in South Minneapolis with only 57 students. The students speak Spanish as their first language and 96 percent of them qualify for free or reduced lunch.

EducaciÃ³n

The Asian Meals on Wheels program, supported by the Neighborhood House in St. Paul, is the only program in the country to deliver culturally specific food to the Hmong community.

Basic Needs

In the midst of a broad-based recession affecting nearly all sectors of the economy, University of Minnesota student McKenna Ewen shows how the economic crisis has shaped his home state of Minnesota.

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In the midst of a broad-based economic crisis affecting nearly all sectors of the economy, University of Minnesota student McKenna Ewen shows how the recession has shaped his home state of Minnesota.

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Times of Recession

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