October 2019 – Anne Sophie Guillet

GUEST POST–Rethinking Community Development Efforts: Creating Incentive to Stay or Building Reason to Flee? | The Black Urbanist GUEST POST–Rethinking Community Development Efforts: Creating Incentive to Stay or Building Reason to Flee? – The Black Urbanist

When Allison Guess reached out to me about guest posting, I noticed she was from Pittsburgh and I asked her to tell me about what’s really going on in East Liberty, an area lauded for its new development lifeblood. However, as I expected and even more, she has taken us back to the roots of […]

Statement of Support for the Renaissance Co-Op | The Black Urbanist Statement of Support for the Renaissance Co-Op – The Black Urbanist

This evening (May 7, 2013) the Greensboro City Council will vote on the future of their stake of ownership of the Bessemer shopping center and in turn, the Renaissance Co-Op. In case I do not get a chance to read this statement at tonight’s meeting. I am publishing it here. Members of Council and Members […]

The Black Urbanist Weekly #5–Mall Madness | The Black Urbanist The Black Urbanist Weekly #5–Mall Madness – The Black Urbanist

My name is Kermit The Frog and I’m sitting on a log Miss Piggy too She ain’t wearing no shoes We went to the mall On a Saturday We ain’t have Nowhere to play I’ve chosen to open this week’s newsletter with an untitled blues song created by my late father, Sam Jeffers, one Saturday […]