"People don’t want to be around dead space."
-- Gelray Gainey
Friday nights in downtown Clearwater are mostly quiet — as they are most other evenings. A reawakening of the nation’s urban centers has largely passed it by.
But a short drive from Clearwater’s downtown and along its waterfront is North Greenwood, a predominantly Black neighborhood that has struggled for different reasons.
Having secured a special designation aimed at promoting private investment, backers say it could be primed to fill a void. Could the neighborhood serve as an alternative for Clearwater’s struggling downtown?
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