Stefi Villebrun stayed up until 3 a.m. making potato salad for National Night Out. She organized this year’s annual event at Mino-Bimaadiziwin, an apartment building in south Minneapolis. Villebrun and other residents refer to it as “Mino-B.”

Villebrun lives and works in the building. Her hope was that the food and the games she had planned would draw residents out of their apartments.

“They get to know their neighbor and everything. Because they could walk by, and they don't say anything to anybody, like ‘hello’ or whatever. So, it's more inviting tonight,” Villebrun said.

For residents who live at Mino-B, National Night Out contributed to a sense of safety. The better they know one another, the more they look out for each other, and the safer the building.

Mino-B is one of the first

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