Khalid El-Amin Visits Hometown
Khalid El-Amin, who grew up on the northside and played basketball or North Community High School, paid a visit to his hometown recently. El-Amin is currently playing professional basketball overseas, but has big visions for the impact he’d like to have at home.
The man who gained local legend status by leading Minneapolis North to three consecutive state high school titles in the ’90s wants to build a new gymnasium nearby.
His family restaurant, El-Amin’s Fish House, is a fixture off West Broadway that he hopes will evolve into a chain.
He sees more summer camps and sponsorships of additional teams for his basketball program, El-Amin Basketball.
Through another family venture, El-Amin Properties, he promises to help clean up the urban blight that has dogged the community as the economy has declined.
“It sets a positive example,” said community activist Ron Edwards, who writes a column for the Spokesman-Recorder. “Right now, the African-American community needs that. … He’s been a very positive model of success.”
Khalid El-Amin: Making a Point [Star Tribune]
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