Good afternoon! Here’s the latest:
Mayor Lurie’s communications director, Nina Negusse, has left abruptly after just 2 months in the job. She will be replaced by Han Zou, the “doorknocking genius” who’s been serving as Lurie’s director of public affairs.
Eleni Balakrishnan looks at what happened to the thousands of mostly Black families whose homes were seized by the city for redevelopment in the 1970s. Those families and their descendants are still struggling to claim the housing “preference” the city promised them as compensation.
And the city’s experiment with permeable paving has ended for the moment. Efforts to pave Cumberland to help reduce flooding came into conflict with speed bumpsโand with neighbors’ complaints.
More soon,
Sara
Latest News
Thousands displaced in redevelopment still struggling for housing
“It just makes you want to cry.”
Mayor Lurieโs communications director departs just 2 months into the job
“We wish her the best in her future endeavors.”
City’s first โpermeable pavementโ street tanked
โThis is an effective solution to flooding and to water pollution.”
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Making do
by Jake Hanft
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Tomorrow: Grow Your Own Food Workshop, Garden for the Environment, March 8, 10AM-12 noon.