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Friday, April 14 • 3:00pm - 3:50pm
Rising Tide or Rising Rent? How to Solve a Housing Crisis FULL

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Gentrification can bring walkable retail, better transit connections, reduced crime, and attention from the city government. But if an influx of new residents isn’t managed, it is also a process that can displace lower-income families and small businesses, aggravating racial inequality. Hear from housing advocates and planners in cities that have experienced significant gentrification over the past twenty years how their communities have struggled to balance new and existing residents, developers and NIMBYs, authenticity and opportunity in growing districts.
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Henry Grabar

Staff Writer, Slate
Henry Grabar is a staff writer at Slate who writes about architecture, infrastructure, transportation and urban policy.

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Scott Beyer

Founder, Market Urbanism Report
Scott Beyer is a journalist who focuses on urban American issues. He writes columns for Forbes and Governing Magazine, and is the editor of daily content at MarketUrbanism.com. He is currently on a 3-year cross-country trip--living for a month each in 30 different U.S. cities--to... Read More →
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Sara Eskrich

Alder, City of Madison, WI
Sara Eskrich is starting her second term as Alder for District 13 in the City of Madison. She serves on many boards and committees, including the Finance Committee, the Madison Metropolitan Sewerage Commission, and the Community Development Authority. Her district is diverse and active... Read More →
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Omar Hakeem

Design Director, buildingcommunityWORKSHOP
Omar Hakeem, AIA, is Design Director at buildingcommunityWORKSHOP. His work is focused on bringing greater social and environmental equity through thoughtful design and planning as well as a building a robust organizational design practice. Through these efforts he has completed award-winning... Read More →
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Melissa Maddox-Evans

Chief Executive Officer, Charleston County Housing and Redevelopment Authority
Melissa Maddox-Evans is the Chief Executive Officer of the Charleston County Housing and Redevelopment Authority and the General Counsel for The Housing Authority of the City of Charleston and is an advocate for developing affordable housing opportunities for low to moderate income... Read More →

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John Devine

Scribe, Volunteer
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Kaleigh Watson

Elliewood Fellow, HackCville
Friday April 14, 2017 3:00pm - 3:50pm EDT
Room 206, JSAAHC Jefferson School African American Heritage Center 233 4th St NW, Charlottesville, VA 22903
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