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The Community Economic Advancement Initiative, an organization founded in 2015 to support the African American community in Cincinnati, has loosely broken ties with The Port over ideological differences. CEAI claims the development group may inadvertently gentrify neighborhoods.
CEAI Board Secretary Gene Ellington said his organization and The Port of Greater Cincinnati Development Authority have sort of divergent concerns and issues, and the relationship between the two organizations has been challenged over the years. When you look at some of the areas that they build houses, it kind of feels like gentrification, he said. I m not saying that that s their intent, but it s certainly the outcome. When you start building $300,000 houses in a depressed neighborhood, what that tends to do is gentrify the community. And so, the indigenous people who live in that community could never afford to buy a house that has been either built or renovated by Th
Here s how Black-owned Cincinnati businesses are faring one year into the COVID-19 economic crisis
Weathering the turmoil of the coronavirus pandemic has been especially difficult for African American entrepreneurs, according to reporting by WCPO 9 and the Cincinnati Herald.
By: Lucy May and Nailah Edwards
Posted at 7:00 AM, Mar 02, 2021
and last updated 2021-03-02 20:11:36-05
This story was reported in partnership with The Cincinnati Herald.
CINCINNATI About this time last year, Donny Harper opened his new Go(o)d Company Apparel store on Vine Street in Over-the-Rhine.
Before he could schedule an official grand opening, COVID-19 hit.
âThis is a location that Iâve been, like, praying for,â said Harper, who launched his clothing brand in 2014 and had a shop on Race Street before moving to his new location. âWe opened the doors at the beginning of March and, you know, the pandemic was stirring. And in the middle of March, they said, â