CoPlace is Revitalizing Opportunity Zone Areas by Activating Communities Without Displacing Residents

23/05/2019 42 min
CoPlace is Revitalizing Opportunity Zone Areas by Activating Communities Without Displacing Residents

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MapableUSA.com: Gentrification is a serious topic that many community organizers always bring up with respect to Opportunity Zones. How do you redevelop and revitalize a distressed area when those very changes may be the cause of displacing current residents, many of whom are already skeptical of redevelopment efforts in the first place? Listen to this podcast as Sasha Favelukis discusses how his company – CoPlace – is addressing this issue with a “Social Impact” approach to stimulate investment, creativity, culture, and community... or as he puts it, “gentrification without displacement”Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/mapable-usa--3164091/support.

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