Gentrification: The New Austin?
Brown Bag Lunch
Fri October 26, 2012 at SRH 3.122
Gentrification Series: Protecting Tenants Displaced from Redevelopment Projects
October 26, 2012
12:15-1:30 pm
A lunchtime panel discussion on policies to protect tenants who are displaced from redevelopment projects. The panel will feature a recent report by UT Law students examining the demolition of an apartment complex on East Riverside Drive last year that displaced more than 500 low-income tenants and the City's ad hoc policy for dealing with displacement issues. Attendance is free but seating is limited. Lunch will be served.
Panelists include:
- Council Member Laura Morrison, City of Austin
- Michael Wilt, Director of Marketing and Media, Big Red Dog Engineering | Consulting
- Blanca Zamora-Garcia, Broker and Owner, Casa Blanca Realty