GOOD QUESTION: Can a Park Prevent Gentrification?

GOOD QUESTION: Can a Park Prevent Gentrification?

There may not be any simple answers to addressing gentrification issues but there are ways to promote more equitable development.

Here is one plan that may offer some insights.

“The upheavals of the past year – the pandemic, recession, protests over racial injustice and a violent insurrection at the Capitol — have laid bare the great fissures in American society. Today we are a nation deeply divided by income, race, and class. Amid calls for healing and justice, President Biden promises to “build back better,” with development that promotes racial and economic equity.

But what does that mean, exactly?

One answer comes from a soon-to-be-built park in Washington, D.C.”

READ MORE:
https://nextcity.org/daily/entry/can-a-park-prevent-gentrification

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