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Better urban planning is helping to erase racial and economic segregation

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCrHKGarxs8&list=PLmRw3WVY-55lD-z_GMIOzFIMepm9bV42g&index=7 A movement to reconnect and revitalize long-segregated cities is gaining steam. The Reconnect Jackson-Ward project in Richmond, Virginia, exemplifies the potential for urban redesign to address the physical and economic segregation caused by interstate highways cutting through cities. Mayor Levar Stoney explains why the project makes him optimistic about the future of his city.