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An effort to save Little Tokyo from gentrification
Longtime businesses in Little Tokyo are facing gentrification. They worry they’ll be priced out as downtown has revitalized, and rents are going up.
By Steve Chiotakis • • 25m ListenLongtime businesses in Little Tokyo are facing gentrification. They worry they’ll be priced out as downtown has revitalized, and rents are going up. In an effort to save these businesses, the Japanese American community started the Little Tokyo Community Impact Fund.
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3 storiesCan the Japanese community save Little Tokyo from gentrification?
Longtime businesses in Little Tokyo are facing gentrification. They worry they’ll be priced out as downtown has revitalized, and rents are going up. In an effort to save these businesses, the Japanese American community started the Little Tokyo Community Impact Fund.
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