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Sustain Charlotte is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization helping to advance a region-wide sustainability movement by serving as a catalyst for change.
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It is very sad to hear them speak of the inequities and segregation issues in the city, and yet, engaging ‘the community’ throughout the video shows one group of people voicing their concerns. Unfortunately, it is that group of people who is displacing historical neighborhoods with high-end new construction that drives up properly values, thereby pushing existing residents out. Throughout these historically African American communities you can plainly see this as breweries and bike trails are creating ‘sustainable’ communities for some. Charlotte city government has planned for this and implement it for over a decade and I thought this initiative would actually help protect the historical communities and revitalize them instead of destroying them. It’s quite evident throughout the video who is being served by these policies and who is being left behind but mentioned (not even shown) in any meaningful efforts to halt the destruction of previously affordable communities and any hope for integrated public education and housing throughout the county.