gentrification

Eastgate is a Columbus community that prides itself on its diversity. For decades it was a community where middle-class Black families thrived.

Two decades after the completion of the flood wall, Franklinton is seeing explosive development. Now gentrification threatens to displace the neighborhood's families.

King-Lincoln Bronzeville is the latest Columbus neighborhood undergoing revitalization. But, do longtime residents benefit from these changes? As a neighborhood evolves, we explore how will the changes affect its history and longtime residents?

King-Lincoln Bronzeville is the latest Columbus neighborhood undergoing revitalization. But, do longtime residents benefit from these changes? As a neighborhood evolves, we explore how will the changes affect its history and longtime residents?

Malaz Elegmiabby stands in front of a one-story brick building on West 25th Street, a couple blocks north of the West Side Market. She brushes a mixture of flour and water on a 4-foot-by-3-foot portrait of a local resident. "That's Jasmine," Elegmiabby says. "She's an amazing artist. She just got a scholarship." The photo is one of 250 black-and-white prints Elegmiabby is pasting to the bricks on the building’s exterior, with the help of a team of neighborhood residents and anyone else who wants to chip in.

Several states, including Ohio, have proposed neighborhoods that will undergo revitalization under a new federal program. The program encourages companies…

Several states, including Ohio, have proposed neighborhoods that will undergo revitalization under a new federal program. The program encourages companies…

Decades of unjust policies have led to the devaluing of lower-income neighborhoods. But urban sociologist John Schlichtman says closing the gap between revaluing and devaluing can minimize inequities.

An Indiana developer breaks ground this year on 1,700 apartments, 150 hotel rooms and nearly a million square feet of office and retail space in…

An Indiana developer breaks ground this year on 1,700 apartments, 150 hotel rooms and nearly a million square feet of office and retail space in…