Atlanta’s East Lake experiment: 25-plus years later
“A new study of the effort that transformed East Lake from a pocket of poverty into a mixed-income success story says that the initiative improved home values, schools, and crime in the east Atlanta community.
But what’s less clear is whether original residents saw the benefits.
Why it matters: The decades-long revitalization initiative has become a national model often praised by community development researchers and equity advocates for reducing crime, improving educational outcomes and uplifting communities.
The study raises an age-old question: When philanthropic leaders, government and neighborhood revitalization help change a place, who gets to experience the positive outcomes?”