Urban renewal has impacted Black people in Canada — often negatively based on past history — and a group of experts on the topic sat down recently to come up with ways to prevent it.

Can getting involved early in the planning stop it from happening again?
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Gentrification is considered a culprit responsible for the loss of dozens of businesses and residents in Little Jamaica. The neighbourhood surrounding Bathurst St. from Bloor St. W. to Dupont Ave. has seen a drop in Black businesses and Black homeowners.

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One theme from the ULI Toronto discussion was a call for Black people to engage early on with designers, planners, builders, landowners, consultants and others when it comes to decision making in development projects that impact Black communities.

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“Outreach is important. It needs to be about having people at the table making decisions ...

“Developers and planners have an onus to look at what’s already there and what is thriving in these communities and how can they bolster those things.'

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