Honoring the Past, Building a Future
The other night at ECC, the candidates were asked about gentrification, Ward 3 candidate Gwen Wilkins went to the heart of the matter. “You have to ask yourselves, ‘How are we going to fix the abandoned, boarded-up housing if we don’t rebuild if we don’t remodel? People don’t want to leave their neighborhoods and I will … Continue reading Hiding Behind The Word Gentrification – An Excuse for Inaction
I want to celebrate this anniversary by honoring D.J. Rose once again because I never write about Main Street and the surrounding areas, the commercial and residential architecture of Rocky Mount, that I don't think of him. His legacy can be found in the Ricks Hotel, the original Masonic Temple on Main Street, the May and Gorham … Continue reading Celebrating Four Years of the Main Street Rocky Mount Blog – 2015 – 2019 with D.J. Rose
Click On: It's a beautiful day in the neighborhood, a beautiful day for a neighbor. Would you be mine? Could you be mine? -Fred Rogers Please, don't let your notion of Gentrification fall into the category of an unexamined idea. By that I mean, picking out the consequences of gentrification as it pertains to … Continue reading How Do We Look at Gentrification and Displacement in Rocky Mount, NC? – Part 2
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