How do we Strong Townsify a mega development so everyone wins? (Video)

Chloe asked a great question! Check out our response or add your own thoughts in the comments below. 

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Her full question was: 
There's a big mega project slated in Chicago to build on the massive parking moat around the United Center. The developer seems to want to do right by the neighborhood (largely black, poor, and marginalized) but these people are rightfully distrustful and concerned about being priced out. The mega project is building on empty parking lots, which is good, but what are some things that could be pushed for to make this project align more with the good of the neighbors? Would love thoughts here.

More Resources on this Topic

This is another episode on displacement and gentrification that really helped to solidify things in my mind: https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2019/10/21/king-williams-the-gentrifiers-will-become-the-gentrified**And a summary of five perspectives on gentrification:** https://www.strongtowns.org/journal/2018/4/17/5-must-read-perspectives-on-gentrification

One of the landlords near the proposed site of the Kansas City Royals stadium had some really interesting ways of describing how he was acting to support smaller beloved establishments by not driving them away with rent increases and construction impacts: https://kevinklinkenberg.substack.com/p/is-the-proposed-royals-stadium-a

https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/13538794-walkable-city

https://actionlab.strongtowns.org/hc/en-us/articles/13025433645972-How-do-we-mitigate-displacement-video

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