Why we need Memphis 3.0
George Abbott
George Abbott is director of external affairs for Memphis River Parks Partnership. Before arriving in Memphis in 2018, Abbott was director of community and national initiatives for the Miami-based John S. and James L. Knight Foundation.
A plan does not gentrify neighborhoods and displace existing residents. In fact, it seeks to provide the framework to avoid exactly that happening and to guide and coordinate investment so that it has broad-based benefit.
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