Pushing Back on Displacement: Community-Based Redevelopment through Historically Black Churches
Gentrification and subsequent displacement are common problems in cities, and result in the removal of poor communities and communities of color from urban areas as they move to cheaper locations in the metropolitan region. Here we describe a community-based approach to redevelopment by historic Bla...
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| description | Gentrification and subsequent displacement are common problems in cities, and result in the removal of poor communities and communities of color from urban areas as they move to cheaper locations in the metropolitan region. Here we describe a community-based approach to redevelopment by historic Black churches that seeks to counter such displacement and cultural removal. We explain the history of a historically Black neighborhood in Seattle and the founding and rationale for a church-led project called the Nehemiah Initiative. Our perspective is that of participants in the work of the Nehemiah Initiative and as faculty and students from a local university partner supporting it. We conclude with policy strategies that can be used to support such redevelopment in Seattle, with understanding that some may be broadly applicable to other cities. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b0eb5e36769f4694bb2a8582936109922023-12-03T14:46:21ZengMDPI AGSocieties2075-46982021-01-011111010.3390/soc11010010Pushing Back on Displacement: Community-Based Redevelopment through Historically Black ChurchesBranden Born0Rachel Berney1Olivia Baker2Mark R. Jones3Donald King4Dylan Marcus5Department of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USASunyata Agency, Inc., Maple Valley, WA 98038, USADepartment of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USADepartment of Urban Design and Planning, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USAGentrification and subsequent displacement are common problems in cities, and result in the removal of poor communities and communities of color from urban areas as they move to cheaper locations in the metropolitan region. Here we describe a community-based approach to redevelopment by historic Black churches that seeks to counter such displacement and cultural removal. We explain the history of a historically Black neighborhood in Seattle and the founding and rationale for a church-led project called the Nehemiah Initiative. Our perspective is that of participants in the work of the Nehemiah Initiative and as faculty and students from a local university partner supporting it. We conclude with policy strategies that can be used to support such redevelopment in Seattle, with understanding that some may be broadly applicable to other cities.https://www.mdpi.com/2075-4698/11/1/10black churchescommunity baseddisplacementequitable developmentfaith basedgentrification |
| spellingShingle | Branden Born Rachel Berney Olivia Baker Mark R. Jones Donald King Dylan Marcus Pushing Back on Displacement: Community-Based Redevelopment through Historically Black Churches Societies black churches community based displacement equitable development faith based gentrification |
| title | Pushing Back on Displacement: Community-Based Redevelopment through Historically Black Churches |
| title_full | Pushing Back on Displacement: Community-Based Redevelopment through Historically Black Churches |
| title_fullStr | Pushing Back on Displacement: Community-Based Redevelopment through Historically Black Churches |
| title_full_unstemmed | Pushing Back on Displacement: Community-Based Redevelopment through Historically Black Churches |
| title_short | Pushing Back on Displacement: Community-Based Redevelopment through Historically Black Churches |
| title_sort | pushing back on displacement community based redevelopment through historically black churches |
| topic | black churches community based displacement equitable development faith based gentrification |
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