In response to the editorial, “Let RAISE grant proceed,” March 26, it’s important to consider the historical and fair housing lens.
The Dorr Street area was once considered a small city within a city. It was home to over 70 Black-owned businesses by 1971, the largest concentration of Black businesses in Toledo.
But in the late 1970s, the city used federal grant funds to acquire and relocate 300 homes and businesses away from Dorr Street, and then widen the street to five lanes…