Saving black churches: Seattle group partners with developers to generate funds
A group in Seattle's Central District is working to save what's left of the neighborhood's black churches.
The Nehemiah Initiative was created to show church leaders in the CD how to re-purpose their properties by partnering with developers and architects to bring in revenue.
Leading the initiative is Bishop Garry Tyson of Goodwill Missionary Baptist Church. He has been working with affiliate University of Washington professor Donald King and students from the College of Built Environments to come up with some ideas.
"Since I’ve been here in Seattle over the last 10 years, there have been 12 African American churches that have moved out of the Central District," Tyson said. "They were literally forced out of the Central District. It’s happening in every urban community in America. God is being gentrified."
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