How do WE prevent gentrification during revitalization of our neighborhoods?

I experienced confusion about what the word gentrification means so I asked others.

How can we revitalize, change and grow our communities without pushing people out of their neighborhoods?

Possibilities

“We have historic preservation for buildings we need historic preservation for neighborhoods.” – Mindy Fullilove

Let’s have a conversation nested in a consensus model about what we might do to prevent gentrification from emerging during the revitalization of our neighborhoods.

—Judith Lombardi

Judith Lombardi, LCSW-C, Ph.D. is a social worker turned sociology professor, turned “social” documentarian interested in provoking conversations that generate something new.