Rhode Island mayor proposes $10M reparations spending plan
August 25, 2022 GMTProvidence’s mayor proposed spending $10 million in federal coronavirus pandemic aid on financial literacy and homeownership, workforce training, small business development and other programs recently recommended by the city’s reparations commission.
New reparations focus: Black enclaves lost to development
May 6, 2022 GMTPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Terrell Osborne knows well what happens when urban renewal comes to communities of color.
As a child growing up in Providence, Rhode Island, in the 1950s and 1960s, huge swaths of his neighborhood of Lippitt Hill, a center of Black life at the foot of the stately homes of the city’s elite East Side, were taken by eminent domain for redevelopment projects.
Santa Monica offers housing to families displaced by highway
December 26, 2021 GMTSANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — The city of Santa Monica will offer affordable housing to Black families forced out during freeway construction and other urban renewal projects of the 1950s, according to a newspaper report Sunday.
Detroit voters OK commission to consider reparations
November 6, 2021 GMTDETROIT (AP) — The city of Detroit will put together a commission to consider some form of reparations for residents.
More than 80% of residents who cast ballots in Tuesday’s general election voted in favor of a proposal to form the commission that will recommend housing and economic development programs for the majority Black city.
North Carolina city commits $2.1M for reparations
June 9, 2021 GMTASHEVILLE, N.C. (AP) — A North Carolina city has committed $2.1 million toward funding reparations, an initiative it began last summer when it joined a number of U.S. cities which have voted to address their histories of racism and discrimination.
Colleges pushed anew for reparations for slavery, racism
May 13, 2021 GMTPROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — For Brown University students, the Ivy League college's next step in its yearslong quest to atone for its legacy of slavery is clear: Pay up.
Jacksonville’s Urban renewal begins with QB Trevor Lawrence
April 22, 2021 GMT1, 25. JACKSONVILLE JAGUARS (1-15)
LAST SEASON: Jacksonville dropped its final 15 games, a franchise-record skid that got general manager Dave Caldwell and coach Doug Marrone fired. The losing streak also allowed the Jaguars to land the No.
From Detroit to Oakland, pandemic threatens urban renewal
October 20, 2020 GMTDETROIT (AP) — Downtown Detroit was returning to its roots as a vibrant city center, motoring away from its past as the model of urban ruin.
Then the pandemic showed up, emptying once-bustling streets and forcing many office workers to flee to their suburban homes.
Roseburg unveils urban renewal plan
March 8, 2018 GMTThe city of Roseburg used an open house to unveil preliminary plans for the Diamond Lake Urban Renewal Area — an area of the city that could get a large share of future infrastructure improvements.
Stamford ‘eyesore’ gets new life
October 8, 2017 GMTSTAMFORD — There’s been a hole at the corner of Tresser Boulevard and Greyrock Place for some 30 years on a plot of land that has been vacant for even longer.
After urban renewal wiped out the neighborhood nearly five decades ago, the empty plot will finally see another groundbreaking this week.
Bike lanes, more parking, new travel lanes coming to east Billings
April 20, 2017 GMTIn the coming months, the East Billings Urban Renewal District will continue its trajectory of infrastructure upgrades designed to spur greater investment in Billings’ industrialized east side.
Housing, urban renewal among Roseburg 2-year goals
April 13, 2017 GMTRoseburg councilors are almost done naming their policy goals that will direct how the city spends its money in the next two years.
So far their goals include four overarching topics: urban renewal and transportation funding, economic revitalization, housing and community development, and public safety and community livability.
Proposed pedestrian overpass would provide access to MetraPark
April 5, 2017 GMTA proposed overpass spanning Exposition Drive could someday funnel pedestrians to and from MetraPark as part of a plan to revitalize the East Billings Urban Renewal District.
The feasibility study on the proposed pedestrian crossing considered three locations for the bridge, which would help pedestrians cross one of the city's busiest thoroughfares.