Revitalization without gentrification in Southside Fort Worth: Hemphill No Se Vende – CBS News

Revitalization without gentrification in Southside Fort Worth: Hemphill No Se Vende  CBS News

There are three words that can describe the mission of Hemphill No Se Vende: "Revitalization without gentrification." Hemphill No Se Vende is the Spanish saying for Hemphill is not for sale. It's a "coalition of community members working to defend the Southside from gentrification and displacement." Hemphill Street runs from West Lancaster Ave to SW Loop 820 in the Southside of Fort Worth. Community advocates are working to ensure that residents who have lived there for decades know their rights and have their voices heard by the city amid proposed developments in the area. You can see the saying in the windows of many local businesses and even on a mural as you pass through the area.

"You can't take over our community without our say," community advocate Ricardo Avitia said. "Neighbors and businesses who know each other are coming together as a community to defend ourselves against unwanted development that is not made for us. And it's also a stance that we're not going to be overrun, just because we're from a minority community."History lost to developmentAvitia considers the Near Southside and Fairmount areas to be "prime examples and case studies of gentrification in Fort Worth." Most of the people who lived there for decades are no longer in the area. "Although our property market values have gone up,