A community in Tulsa joins together to stop city officials from following through with plans to tear down homes for “urban renewal” Tulsa, Okla.—Today, residents and supporters of Tulsa’s Pearl District announced the formation of a new group, Save the Pearl Coalition. The new group is dedicated to stopping the city and Tulsa Development Authority (TDA) from taking residents’ homes against their will for the purpose of redevelopment. While the TDA has publicized the plans as a drainage project to improve public safety, the city’s plans show that the Pearl District project is actually meant to...

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