# How a Black Miami neighborhood became ‘ground zero for climate gentrification’

- Link: https://www.widthness.com/how-a-black-miami-neighborhood-became-ground-zero-for-climate-gentrification/
- Published: 2024-08-01T09:15:47-05:00
- Author: Curated by John Wysocki

Photo caption: Joshua Kenley sits on the back porch of his home in the Liberty Square housing project&#8230;  Photo credit: Hector David Rosales. Article by Joseph Contreras. The Guardian &#8211; January 29, 2024. Aaron McKinney had high hopes for Liberty City. In 2015, Miami-Dade county officials announced a $74m development project aimed at revitalizing the historically Black neighborhood in the north-west of the city. The plan was to raze Liberty Square, the dilapidated housing project in the heart of the neighborhood, and build 1,900 new apartments in its place. [&#8230;] Click here to view original web page at www.theguardian.com Related articles: &#8216;I Am Little Haiti’ exhibition documents battle with gentrification and climate change &#8211; PBS News Climate gentrification: how rising sea levels are reshaping real estate investment strategies &#8211; The National In Hawaii, concerns over ‘climate gentrification’ rise after devastating Maui fires &#8211; AP News Facing Climate Gentrification, an Historic African American Community Outside Charleston, S.C., Embraces Conservation &#8211; Inside Climate News Climate costs imperil Detroit’s unique, diverse Jefferson Chalmers neighborhood &#8211; Planet Detroit
