WTXL: Restaurants tackle gentrification and displacement in low-income areas

WTXL, February 21, 2022, Restaurants tackle gentrification and displacement in low-income areas

New development in low-income neighborhoods across the country is pricing out some who have been there for years.

Now businesses owners and advocates are adjusting to battle gentrification and displacement.

According to a study by NCRC, gentrification and cultural displacement are problems in large cities that have low-income areas viewed as “opportunity zones” for businesses.

The study showed that cities with gentrification opportunity zones had 68% people of color.

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