“This was one of Birmingham’s white-whale buildings,” Mr. Flachsbart said of a former Red Cross office that had been renovated into 192 rental residences.
(“One of the greatest programs ever for Black workers and Black entrepreneurs,” he called the incentive in an appearance this week at a National Association of Black Journalists conference.)
But the relatively low-income areas covered by the incentive, known as opportunity zones, didn’t benefit equally.
On Mr. Flachsbart’s tour of new projects in downtown Birmingham, the stops dry up in the historically African American northwest quadrant.
There, developable lots and vacant buildings haven’t received as much of the capital flowing toward the buzzier parts of downtown.
Persons:
Alex Flachsbart, Mr, Flachsbart, Donald J, Trump, ”, haven’t
Organizations:
Red, Democrats, National Association of Black Journalists
Locations:
Alabama, Birmingham