Chapter 4. THE ROLE OF BUSINESS IMPROVEMENT DISTRICTS IN URBAN REVITALIZATION

2020 ◽  
pp. 50-70
Keyword(s):  
Urban Revitalization ◽  
Business Improvement Districts

“Fuck Him, He Wasn’t With Us”

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Bussel
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Working Class ◽  
Vietnam War ◽  
Urban Revitalization ◽  
National Politics ◽  
Political Expression ◽  
Direct Involvement ◽  
The Vietnam War ◽  
The 1960S

This chapter examines the convergence of events that thrust Harold Gibbons into the maelstrom of national politics and led to his estrangement from the Teamsters's hierarchy. It first considers how Gibbons's rifts with Teamsters played out among Local 688's membership in St. Louis, which helped oust Gibbons in the summer of 1973, terminated his political partnership with Ernest Calloway, and signaled the demise of their quest for total person unionism and working-class citizenship. It then discusses Calloway's gradual withdrawal from direct involvement in civil rights activism and union affairs by the end of the 1960s, assuming instead the role of respected community elder. It also describes Gibbons's opposition to the Vietnam War and his difficulty in finding outlets for political expression during the last years of his career, even as he continued with his advocacy of interracial politics and comprehensive strategies for urban revitalization. Finally, it reflects on Calloway's death on December 31, 1989.

Fighting for Total Person Unionism

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert Bussel
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Civil Rights Movement ◽  
Union Leader ◽  
Urban Revitalization ◽  
American Democracy ◽  
Political Landscape ◽  
Post Industrial ◽  
Labor Leaders ◽  
The City

During the 1950s and 1960s, labor leaders Harold Gibbons and Ernest Calloway championed a new kind of labor movement that regarded workers as “total persons” interested in both workplace affairs and the exercise of effective citizenship in their communities. Working through Teamsters Local 688 and viewing the city of St. Louis as their laboratory, this remarkable interracial duo forged a dynamic political alliance that placed their “citizen members” on the front lines of epic battles for urban revitalization, improved public services, and the advancement of racial and economic justice. Parallel to their political partnership, Gibbons functioned as a top Teamsters Union leader and Calloway as an influential figure in St. Louis's civil rights movement. Their pioneering efforts not only altered St. Louis's social and political landscape but also raised fundamental questions about the fate of the post-industrial city, the meaning of citizenship, and the role of unions in shaping American democracy.

The role of corporations in urban revitalization. The experience of the atlanta project

1995 ◽  
Vol 84 (3) ◽  
pp. 239-247 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dan E. Sweat ◽  
Jacquelyn A. Anthony
Keyword(s):  
Urban Revitalization

scholarly journals An Examination of Order Maintenance Policing by Business Improvement Districts

2019 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-85 ◽  
Author(s):  
Amanda D’Souza
Keyword(s):  
Public Safety ◽  
Behavioral Strategies ◽  
Business Improvement Districts ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Order Maintenance ◽  
Private Organizations ◽  
Safety Research ◽  
State Organizations ◽  
Study Participants

Despite their ability to improve public safety, research has often prioritized the central role of the police in order maintenance, frequently overlooking the activities of non-state organizations. The current study examines the role of one such security program, Business Improvement Districts (BIDs). Specifically, it explores how BIDs’ security teams, also known as Public Safety Officers, enforce order within their local districts. Data were collected from 76 semi-structured interviews and 171 hr of participant observations within four different BIDs in the two American cities. Findings illustrate how study participants demonstrated their use of reporting, surveillance, and other behavioral strategies to establish order and themselves as guardians within their districts. Scholars’ disproportionate focus on the work of the police downplays the importance of private organizations. This study is an exploration into a piece of this larger order maintenance network.

scholarly journals Neighborhood Effects on Crime and Youth Violence: The Role of Business Improvement Districts in Los Angeles

10.7249/tr622 ◽  
2009 ◽  
Author(s):  
John MacDonald ◽  
Ricky Bluthenthal ◽  
Daniela Golinelli ◽  
Aaron Kofner ◽  
Robert Stokes ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Los Angeles ◽  
Neighborhood Effects ◽  
Youth Violence ◽  
Business Improvement Districts

Latin America and the environmental health movement

2018 ◽  
pp. 280-284
Author(s):  
Ana Faggi ◽  
Sylvie Nail ◽  
Carolina C. Sgobaro Zanette ◽  
Germán Tovar Corzo
Keyword(s):  
Latin American ◽  
Green Infrastructure ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Urban Revitalization ◽  
Green Spaces ◽  
Respiratory Problems ◽  
American Cities ◽  
Environmental Inequalities ◽  
Health And Well Being

Although Latin American cities, on the whole, suffer from haphazard urbanism and environmental inequalities, concern around public health and nature has begun to emerge. Different ongoing initiatives relating to the ecosystem services of urban green attempt, among other things, to mitigate the effects of air pollution on respiratory problems. Green infrastructure across the subcontinent today offers opportunities—and represents challenges—for the implementation of policies promoting health and well-being which are emblematic of the urban revitalization process. This chapter shows some ongoing trends from Bogotá, Buenos Aires, and Curitiba, three representative cities in the region, that reflect the role of green spaces for the health and well-being of urban-dwellers in Latin American cities.

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