First Coast Connect: Concrete concerns
A proposed heavy industrial facility in Northwest Jacksonville is drawing pushback from the surrounding community, which has raised concerns about health effects, increased traffic and perpetuating the damaging legacy of “redlining,” which has historically concentrated undesirable development in poor, often Black, neighborhoods. We talk to public health experts and community advocates about how they are building their case to block the project as it moves through the City Council approval process. Guests: India Butler, public health advocate, epidemiologist LaShaundra Sawyer, vice…
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