audio by artist jason mackenzie

Casinos and Developers Drive Out Local Residents in Gulfport

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  • produced by Jason Mackenzie
  • in 2008

Hurricane Katrina wiped out the coastline in Mississippi. Many folks who lived their either couldn't afford to rebuild or afford the insurance cost to stay there. So big developers moved in and bought many of the former residents' property. Now 2 years later the major development happening along the coast is coming from large casinos. And residents from the nearby African American communities say the development is changing the face of their neighborhoods. Jason Mackenzie of the North Gulfport Community Land Trust brings us this report.

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