Urban renewal

New reparations focus: Black enclaves lost to development

By PHILIP MARCELOMay 6, 2022 GMT

PROVIDENCE, 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 GMT

SANTA 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 GMT

DETROIT (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 GMT

ASHEVILLE, 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

By PHILIP MARCELOMay 13, 2021 GMT

PROVIDENCE, 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

By The Associated PressApril 22, 2021 GMT

1, 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

By TOM KRISHER and MICHAEL LIEDTKEOctober 20, 2020 GMT

DETROIT (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

John DickeyMarch 8, 2018 GMT

The 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

Nora NaughtonOctober 8, 2017 GMT

STAMFORD — 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

Mike FergusonApril 20, 2017 GMT

In 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 EhrlichApril 13, 2017 GMT

Roseburg 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

Gazette StaffApril 5, 2017 GMT

A 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.

Thompson remembered for community spirit

StaffMarch 14, 2017 GMT

Alton Thompson Jr. is being remembered as a man who devoted his life to making Corinth a better place to live. Funeral services are set for 12 noon today at St. Mark Missionary Baptist Church for Thompson, 75, who died Saturday.