Workshop #3 recap: Business & Cultural Displacement

The December 10th workshop focused on business and cultural displacement.

Environmental Assessment Overview

The group was updated on how the new alignment through West Broadway in Minneapolis will impact anti-displacement efforts within the environmental document.

Cultural Displacement and Placemaking Panel & Conversation

The cultural displacement panel included representatives from the anti-displacement team, African Career Education and Resource Inc (ACER), Metropolitan Regional Arts Council, and Parks and Power.

Policies, Programs and Investment Ideas

Examples of place-making and anti-displacement efforts from San Francisco and Georgia were discussed alongside a wide variety of strategies and public policy ideas.

Juxtaposition Arts Presentation

Youth were engaged by their peers with support from Juxtaposition Arts. Youth researched precedent examples like the Green Line in Saint Paul and how it changed the geography of the area and project to the impact of the Blue Line extension.

Small Group Activity

The group discussed how they could best use data presented and ideas discussed to further the conversation around anti-displacement.

Next Steps

Next CURA check-in meeting on February 11th and will be used as a way to re-group before recommendations are finalized.


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