- Reading material
- Break on Through, Abbot Kinney (The Baffler)
- Is Sculley Committed to Our Future? (San Antonio Express-News)
- Seventh Largest City and Little to Show for It (SA Express-News)
- Gentrified East Side (SA Current)
- Roots of Economic Segregation (Christine Drennon) - Sunbelt City
- major industries are car dealerships, tourism/hospitality/service, highways
- Pew Research Center reported San Antonio as the most economically segregated major metropolitan area - Quest to serve or sell San Antonio?
- marketed as a cheap labor town - So long, Mission Trails
- displacement of residents prompted Mayor's Task Force on Preserving Dynamic and Diverse Neighborhoods
- economic development, revitalization, for whom?
- city of SA currently has no dislocation policy in place - Segregated school districts
- history of segregation by property tax and racial restrictions in housing deeds in inner city
Writing Prompt:
- Which side of the tracks do you come from? Write the perspective of your city as you see it through your creative lens
