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Urban Revitalization or Planned Extinction?

Resource Question(s): FOR COMMUNITY PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
Sector: Economic Development, Workforce Development | Audience: Artists, Arts organizations, Elected Officials

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URBAN REVITALIZATION OF PLANNED EXTINCTION
Why do some neighborhoods need revitalizing? Urban revitalization implies something was once thriving but now must be restored. In this talk, economist and historian Trevon D. Logan (Hazel C. Younberg Distinguished Professor of Economics at the Ohio State University as well as a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research), shares his story about how his research on historical neighborhood change literally hits home and places him at ground zero for segregation, redlining, urban decay, and urban renewal. He shares his perspective on how to acknowledge the past and change blighted communities today.