Inclusive growth in Indianapolis…will we mess it up?

By Abbey Chambers

As Indianapolis’ urban challenges creep away from the city center, they are still within city limits and governmental reach, and city leaders, decision-makers and influencers seem ready to coalesce their public-private partnerships around the idea of inclusive growth. If they can figure out how to engage with residents and grow and distribute economic and social wealth differently, our city can grow more equitably and inclusively. But I hear residents express worry that money and power will take their neighborhoods away from them through the facade of urban revitalization “for the common good.” Residents worry about being economically and culturally displaced.