Urban renewal got you baffled? Jeff Cogen makes it easy...

Ever wonder why there's so much investment in places like the Pearl District - but not much in other neighborhoods? The answer lies with urban renewal policies.

But urban renewal can be really hard to understand - and very boring to study.

To remedy that, County Commissioner Jeff Cogen has produced a very short video - and uses a Monopoly boardgame to make it easy to understand.

Discuss over at CommissionerCogen.com.

May 22, 2008
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