Heal the Past, Make Communities Whole The year is 2034 and many of DC’s black and brown communities, long plagued by poverty and exploitation, have experienced a renaissance over the past 15 years. One such community is Brookland Manor in Ward 5. At the very beginning of this movement, toward the end of what became known as the “Gentrify Here” period of DC’s history, the […]
Daily Archives: July 3, 2019
2 posts
Clean This Place, Don’t Displace A case study on the urgent need for binding impact assessments Buzzard Point, a predominantly African American neighborhood that had long suffered the effects of industrial toxicity, has become a shining example of how publicly-oriented development can right past wrongs. Once DC’s equivalent of Flint, Michigan, Buzzard Point residents now breathe easily thanks to a comprehensive effort to clean up […]