On Saturday, thousands will gather for Rondo Days, a celebration of the historic Rondo neighborhood in St. Paul.

Rondo Days was started in 1983 after the vibrant, predominantly Black neighborhood was ripped apart by the construction of I-94 in the 1960s. Despite the destruction, the community has been coming together for decades now for Rondo Days. This year it’s taking place at the Martin Luther King Center in St. Paul.

Gayle Smaller, the board chair with Rondo Avenue Inc., and Merina Neal, a Rondo Days board member, joined Minnesota Now to share more about the event.