Gentri Williams + Kayti Williams
NEW ORLEANS RESIDENT OF 10 YEARS // Baton Rouge, LA Native
“But I think you can want and hope for gentrification to bring multiple people together from multiple ethnicities, multiple cultural experiences, different economic backgrounds so whether you’re poor, middle class, you got wealth, you’re filthy rich like those type of folks… I think that’s when a community thrives.”
NEW ORLEANS RESIDENT OF 6 YEARS // Philadelphia, PA Native
“When I hear about the term [gentrification] or when I even think about it, it gives me a headache but I have to be able to sit down and individually take it apart. And one of the parts that I have been focused on a lot more of is economic development that helps gentrification but also helps the neighborhood as well. So I don’t feel scared about the term anymore or I don’t hate it anymore...But I feel strongly that St Roch and New Orleans can be city that can overcome it.”