Jess Hirsch and a team of others at Fireweed’s Community Woodshop are rebuilding what may be the Twin Cities’ only place to learn woodworking that’s dedicated to marginalized genders—this time at a location three times as large in Prospect Park.
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Jess Hirsch and a team of others at Fireweed’s Community Woodshop are rebuilding what may be the Twin Cities’ only place to learn woodworking that’s dedicated to marginalized genders—this time at a location three times as large in Prospect Park.