Placemaking and Placetaking: Economic Development in Louisville

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Join the Filson Historical Society for an important discussion on the role of economic and community development in both revitalizing and deconstructing a population’s identity of place and community. For more than 100 years the rise and fall of businesses both large and small have coincided with historic investment and disinvestment in neighborhoods across Louisville. While macroeconomic factors have contributed to these periods, this panel will discuss the role of government in driving periods of significant revitalization and economic growth, and thinly veiled discrimination across multiple populations.

Our discussion will consider the importance of place to a community and relationship between a population’s growth and success to these economic development actions.