Repairing Past Harm: Do Designers and Planners have a Role?

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October 4, 2023

CNU board member and former NYC Parks Commissioner Mitch Silver used Brooklyn Village in Charlotte as an example showing the harm inflicted on black communities by the planning profession, and made the case for planners to right this wrong. CNU President Mallory Baches moderated.

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