Lawanna Gelzer, community activist and municipal critic, spoke to the ReThinking the City group October 24th about how Parramore has been abused by the City. The video below was filmed and edited by 32805.
Below are some of the highlights from the video:
- The new Parramore school, the first school in Parramore in 45 years, was built for people who will eventually move to Parramore once its been gentrified. There are only 5,000 residents in Parramore currently.
- 454 known contaminated sites in Parramore
- There are 2 superfund sites within Parramore: (1) next to a community garden behind FAMU, (2) Lake Dot and Creative Village.
- 140 homes were demolished to make way for the old demolished Amway Center she says in the video.
If you like that, watch her at a 2016 City Council meeting blasting them about environmental injustice in Parramore.
