This post explores the impacts and the context of the development project occuring at Whitaker Park, the former site of the R.J. Reynolds headquarters and manufacturing. This development could result in unchecked gentrification that might adversely effect the surrounding community.
Winston-Salem and Forsyth County are offering incentives to lure a textile manufacturer, Renfro, to move its corporate headquarters. What are the things we should be thinking about when we see this in the news?