Name: Celebrate 20 Years of Urban Roots on the East Side!
Start: 2017-10-12T18:00:00-05:00
End: 2017-10-12T21:00:00-05:00

October 12, 2017 6:00 pm - 9:00 pm

Harriet Island Pavilion

200 Doctor Justus Ohage Boulevard

Saint Paul, MN 55107

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Celebrate 20 Years of Urban Roots on the East Side! We're so excited to celebrate our history of cultivating possibilities through food, nature, and opportunity. Join Urban Roots staff and amazing youth interns along with beer from BANG Brewing, Chowgirls Killer Catering, entertainment by Jayanthi Kyle, and emcee Eddie Wu of COOK St. Paul to toast our work and the season’s abundance!

A few of our favorite live auction offerings at our annual party this year...can we entice you?!

- Tasting party for 10 from Chocolate Celeste
-Outfitted Boundary Waters Adventure from Ely Outfitting Company
-Chefs Dinner for two at Meritage
- Dinner with Star Tribune food critic Rick Nelson
Proceeds go to support our ongoing programming for our wonderful youth interns. We’ve been on the East Side for 20 years and we love what we do. Let’s celebrate!

Get your tickets here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/celebrate-20-years-of-urban-roots-on-the-east-side-tickets-36367849216

We'll see you there!

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Harriet Island Pavilion
200 Doctor Justus Ohage Boulevard
Saint Paul, MN 55107

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