??How Community-Based Public Space Can Build Civic Trust: Lessons from Akron
NonProfit Quarterly
OCTOBER 24, 2023
Ongoing neglect and isolation led to entrenched, concentrated poverty and a growing distrust of civic leaders. Today, there are six times more Black-owned businesses downtown than there were five years ago, with 22 percent of downtown retail stores now owned by people of color. The city’s Black business district was devastated.
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