Local TREND. Stadium Opposition and Eminent Domain. 3 Opposition Arguments.

The stadium: FC Cincinnati

The opposition Op-Ed author: A former Cincinnati mayor and founder and CEO of the Center for Closing the Health Gap

The eminent domain problem:

  • History is a problem. 
    •  In the 1950s 26,000, mostly minority residents, were displaced from eminent domain for an redevelopment project
    • When I-75 was expanded, the same displacement of minority residents occurred
  • Relocation never occured. The 1950s eminent domain use did not bring relocation to fruition
  • There was no redevelopment.  The same are remains economically repressed.

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