As BlueOval develops, coalition asks to secure union jobs, affordable housing
“Because of our shared history and ancestry, there is a collective responsibility here to make sure that the communities here today — the Black folks here today — are able to protect the legacy they’ve worked so hard to build and pass the baton of wealth and progress to the next generation,” said Eloise Thompson, a Mason resident whose family has lived in the area for generations. (Benjamin Naylor/The Daily memphian)
The BlueOval Good Neighbors Coalition wants a legally binding community development agreement to protect West Tennessee’s historically Black communities.
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Aisling Mäki has spent the better part of two decades writing about Memphis. A former digital journalist for WMC Action News 5 and staff reporter for Memphis Daily News, her work has also appeared in The Commercial Appeal, High Ground News, I Love Memphis, Inside Memphis Business, The Memphis Flyer, Memphis Parent, Memphis Magazine and Tri-State Defender.
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