Wayne White sold cameras and provided repair services in Driving Park in the present-day Africentric Personal Development Shop building, and relocated Downtown in 1976.

Address: 1409 E Livingston Ave.

Wayne White sold cameras and provided repair services in Driving Park in the present-day Africentric Personal Development Shop building, and relocated Downtown in 1976.
Address: 1409 E Livingston Ave.

Black entrepreneurs thrived in Driving Park from the 1960s through the early 2000s. We mapped 16 former businesses and five still hanging on today.

Black entrepreneurs thrived in Driving Park from the 1960s through the early 2000s. We mapped 16 former businesses and five still hanging on today.

Black-owned businesses in Driving Park

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White's Camera Shop

Columbus Dispatch opinion and engagement editor Amelia Robinson speaks with Jen Miller, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio on the latest edition of the Then What Happened podcast. During this episode we discuss Jen’s upbringing, why democracy is so important, and talk about how gerrymandering affects Ohio.

Columbus Dispatch opinion and engagement editor Amelia Robinson speaks with Jen Miller, executive director of the League of Women Voters of Ohio on the latest edition of the Then What Happened podcast. During this episode we discuss Jen’s upbringing, why democracy is so important, and talk about how gerrymandering affects Ohio.

Why democracy is so important and breaking down gerrymandering with Jen Miller

"NIMBYism" and "economic segregation" aren't exactly household terms. They should be.

Understanding those terms and others may lead to solutions to the Columbus area's affordable housing crisis.

Dispatch Opinion Editor Amelia Robinson talked exclusionary zoning and several other topics with author Richard Kahlenberg for the latest episode of "The Then What Happened" podcast.

Columbus is featured in Kahlenberg's new book "Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See."

"NIMBYism" and "economic segregation" aren't exactly household terms. They should be.
Understanding those terms and others may lead to solutions to the Columbus area's<a href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2024/02/21/shelter-board-ceo-addresses-latitude-colonial-village-housing-crises/72660788007/"> affordable housing crisis.</a>
Dispatch Opinion Editor Amelia Robinson talked exclusionary zoning and several other topics with <a href="https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2023/11/28/do-some-columbus-communities-have-snob-zoning-author-to-discuss-it/71665100007/">author Richard Kahlenberg</a> for the latest episode of "The Then What Happened" podcast.
Columbus is featured in Kahlenberg's new book "Excluded: How Snob Zoning, NIMBYism and Class Bias Build the Walls We Don't See."

Is your neighborhood zoned for snobbery?

Columbus Dispatch opinion and engagement editor Amelia Robinson speaks with Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin on the latest edition of the Then What Happened podcast. During this episode we discuss public transportation in Columbus, talk about why affordable housing is so important, and mention what’s being done regarding gun control in the city.

Columbus Dispatch opinion and engagement editor Amelia Robinson speaks with Columbus City Council President Shannon Hardin on the latest edition of the Then What Happened podcast. During this episode we discuss public transportation in Columbus, talk about why affordable housing is so important, and mention what’s being done regarding gun control in the city.

Shannon Hardin talks transportation and housing in Columbus

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