Tagged With "Displacement"
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Fighting Displacement of People and Business in Denver [sparcchub.org]
By SPARCC, October 2019 In the nonprofit world, it can take up to a year or more to get the money together to fund a program or development. So, when Jose Esparza, executive director of BuCu West Denver, a local economic development nonprofit, saw an opportunity to help a startup company expand in the predominantly blue-collar, Latino neighborhood of Westwood, he knew what he was up against. A building had just become available that would be perfect for the growing bottling company, but he...