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Professor Conducts Research on Gentrification and Environmental Justice

Professor Conducts Research on Gentrification and Environmental Justice

By Julia Kelly March 24, 2022

A Georgetown University professor is conducting research on urban agricultural farming and social entrepreneurship in the food industry in an effort to promote environmental justice and food security...

McCourt Students Develop Proposal To Help DC Small Businesses Combat Gentrification

McCourt Students Develop Proposal To Help DC Small Businesses Combat Gentrification

By Sophie Haleblian May 6, 2021

Students from the Georgetown University McCourt School of Public Policy developed a proposal that will help small businesses in Washington, D.C., stay open amid the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic...

PUKAS: Reject Thrift Store Gentrification

PUKAS: Reject Thrift Store Gentrification

By Annabelle Pukas October 8, 2020

Thrift stores have become an increasingly important facet of the clothing industry, expected to reach $28 billion in revenue by 2024. The rise in thrift stores’ popularity has saturated the market with...

DISTRICT WHARF | As a part of a development plan, the Wharf installed medallions along the boardwalk, commemorating the complex history of slavery in the District. The second phase of the development is set to be finished in 2022.

Slavery’s Legacy Finds Focus Amid Wharf Development

By Yolanda Spura September 13, 2019

Five hundred feet from the port that carried members of the 272 enslaved people sold by the Maryland Province of the Society of Jesus in 1838 to financially sustain Georgetown University, plans for...

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DC Jazz Landscape Adapts to Evolving Challenges

By Sarah Cammarota and Nick Okerlund November 2, 2018

Despite being a fixture of Washington, D.C.’s rich and multifaceted history of jazz for almost a century, the Bohemian Caverns finally shut down in the face of financial struggle that had plagued...

Curator of Music and Performing Arts at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of African-American History and Culture Dwandalyn Reece, Georgetown University Distinguished Artist in Residence and Kennedy Center Artistic Director of Jazz Jason Moran, and Associate Professor of the History Department Maurice Jackson discussed the state of jazz in Washington, D.C.

DC Jazz Threatened by Gentrification, Says Kennedy Center Artistic Director of Jazz Jason Moran

By Dustin Hartuv October 4, 2018

Gentrification threatens Washington, D.C. jazz and art, jazz musician and composer Jason Moran said at an event Tuesday in Copley Lounge. Moran, a distinguished artist-in-residence at Georgetown...

EDITORIAL: Reject Amazon to Defend DC

By Editorial Board November 10, 2017

While Amazon considers Washington, D.C., as one of the potential locations to build its second corporate headquarters, Washingtonians should be wary of this apparent economic boon. Though D.C. Mayor...

Fading Lights: Decay of DC Nightlife

Fading Lights: Decay of DC Nightlife

By William Leo November 3, 2017

Unbeknownst to most Georgetown students, just a 10-minute walk from the front gates sits a building filled with rich musical history. Although its stage has since been retired, it is here where Jimi Hendrix...

Inequality Displaces Black DC Residents

By Alex Mooney October 13, 2017

The black population in Washington, D.C., dipped below 50 percent for the first time in nearly 60 years due to increased gentrification, growing income inequality and an expanding education gap, trends...

Crumbling Character: A Gentrified Georgetown

Crumbling Character: A Gentrified Georgetown

By Hannah Urtz February 17, 2017

  A quarter of a century ago, a stroll down M Street would reveal rows of highly specialized boutique shops, restaurants and vendors. Crowds lured in from across the city and the country filled...

RAAB: Progress Threatens Culture

By Matt Raab February 3, 2015

You can still see the name on the long gray and brown signs that come into focus as the train slows to a halt. But it is a subtitle. “Gallery Place” is the primary name of the Metro stop, then, after...

DAN GANNON FOR THE HOYA
Professor Brian McCabe explained the effects of gentrification on D.C.’s demographics and neighborhoods in an event Tuesday.

Workshop Tackles DC Demographics

By Deirdre Collins October 10, 2014

The Georgetown Center for Social Justice Research, Teaching and Service held a workshop on demographics in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday. The workshop, entitled “Demographics in D.C.” took place...

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