Listen: Building Community Power Starts With Cultural Infrastructure
When neighborhoods start losing their character—when longtime residents get pushed out and familiar gathering places disappear—the usual response is to fight back with policy. But what if the real power lies somewhere else entirely? A national learning lab backed by The Kresge Foundation is testing a different approach: investing in arts and culture as the connective tissue that helps communities set their own agendas. Leaders in Memphis and New Orleans are proving that culture isn’t decoration—it’s infrastructure. And in the fight against displacement, it might be the thing that keeps a city from losing its soul. Have a listen below or at Next City.
Josh Wolsky
Developer & Writer @TheMinot Voice, Fan of the Souris River, SavorMinot Advocate. Fortunate to be a 'former' City Council member ;)
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