Elm Thicket

After Years of Following The City’s Rules, Elm Thicket/Northpark Proves it is Worth Saving

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / October 10, 2022 /
(Photo: Mimi Perez for CandyDirt.com)

Dr. Myrna DartsonSpecial Contributor “The secret to success is constancy of purpose.” Benjamin Disraeli It has been more than a year since I wrote a column for CandysDirt.com concerning my and my neighbor’s efforts to save the history and maintain the character of the Elm Thicket/Northpark (ETNP) neighborhood. ETNP is one of several historic freedmen’s…

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Gentrification Looms Large Over Historically Black Elm Thicket-Northpark Neighborhood

By CandysDirt.com Contributor / September 28, 2021 /

Dr. Myrna DartsonSpecial Contributor As a proud legacy resident of the Elm Thicket/Northpark (ETNP) neighborhood, I am watching the community where I was raised be systematically eliminated. My desire is to do everything I can to save my neighborhood. I hope you will help me.  Beautiful cottage homes envelop this historic Black neighborhood. Many of…

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