‘Gentrification…Racist Playbook!’: Local Black Chamber of Commerce President Lashes Out Over Atlanta Suburb’s New Ordinance Banning Many New Small Businesses
Lawmakers in the Atlanta suburb of Lilburn, Georgia, unanimously voted this month to temporarily ban new small-box retail stores. The move has several Black business owners concerned and the president of the Gwinnett County Black Chamber of Commerce calling the measure racist. “This is all still part of the gentrification playbook, I’m even going to…
