McKinney, Austin, Texas

Racial Designation: Black, Latino

Gentrification Status: Mid-High

Responsible Party: City

Tools of Gentrification: University/City/Developer Expansion

Community Response: Yes

Anti-gentrification Advocates: Fred McGhee/ University of Texas Center for Sustainable Development ; Entrepreneurship and Community Development Clinic/ Heather Way/ Delwin Goss of Montopolis Community Alliance/ City Councilwomen Ora Houston and Leslie Pool/ Guadalupe Neighborhood Corp; Elizabeth Mueller and Jake Wegman of the ARchitecture School’s Community and Reginal Planning Program/ PolicyLink-All-In Cities Anti-Displacement Network/ Neferitti Jackmon-member of Austin Anti- Displacement Task Force

Anti-gentrification Strategies: Protests, Education

Source: https://www.texastribune.org/2018/09/18/gentrification-threatens-austins-low-income-residents-and-communities-/; https://www.statesman.com/news/20180602/public-hearing-draws-critics-of-austins-codenext-effort-at-city-hall; https://sites.utexas.edu/gentrificationproject/

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