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per Megan:
What people from outside the community don’t see is how neighbors sit outside their houses on lawn chairs, playing soul music from car stereos and chatting with each other. How every July 4th, the block with Johnson’s late grandmother’s house shuts down for a big party, including fireworks and her still-famous mac and cheese. How the community comes together to support one of its favorite sons.
Now in his senior year as a star receiver for the Gophers, Johnson has one season left before likely embarking on an NFL career that could take him the farthest he’s ever been from the community he loves. But north Minneapolis and Johnson are so interwoven, those threads might stretch taut, but they won’t snap.
“Representing my city is something that means a lot to me,” Johnson said. “I want to do whatever it is that I can just to let people know, just to let my city know, that I care for it so much.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-football-tyler-johnson-pride-of-the-northside/513511762/
Go Gophers!!
What people from outside the community don’t see is how neighbors sit outside their houses on lawn chairs, playing soul music from car stereos and chatting with each other. How every July 4th, the block with Johnson’s late grandmother’s house shuts down for a big party, including fireworks and her still-famous mac and cheese. How the community comes together to support one of its favorite sons.
Now in his senior year as a star receiver for the Gophers, Johnson has one season left before likely embarking on an NFL career that could take him the farthest he’s ever been from the community he loves. But north Minneapolis and Johnson are so interwoven, those threads might stretch taut, but they won’t snap.
“Representing my city is something that means a lot to me,” Johnson said. “I want to do whatever it is that I can just to let people know, just to let my city know, that I care for it so much.”
http://www.startribune.com/gophers-football-tyler-johnson-pride-of-the-northside/513511762/
Go Gophers!!