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1. What's the name of the neighborhood you selected? Where is it located?

2. How long have you been working/living in the neighborhood?

3. This class defines gentrification as "the influx of higher-income residents or establishments that cater to higher-income residents into predominantly low-income, urban neighborhoods, which can lead to the pressure of economic or cultural displacement for existing residents and businesses." Do you have any issues or concerns with this definition? Is there anything else we should consider with your neighborhood in mind?

4. What does gentrification mean to you? What do you think of when you hear the word gentrification?

5. How much are you worried about gentrification in your neighborhood?

6. To what extent have you seen changes related to housing (rental housing to owner-occupied) in the neighborhood? What changes have you noticed?

7. What about home ownership in the neighborhood? Have you observed any changes in home ownership?

8. Have you noticed any cultural changes in the neighborhood? How about the sense of community? Sense of safety?

9. Have you observed or heard about any tension among residents? Specifically between new residents and long-time residents? In real life or online?

10. To what extent have you seen changes in the businesses or commercial spaces that are located in the neighborhood? How would you describe those changes?

11. What about employment patterns in the neighborhood? Have you seen changes in employment or employers?

12. What, if anything, is currently being done to mitigate any potential negative impacts of gentrification in this neighborhood? What's working/not working? Anything for small business, affordable housing, public investments, etc.?

13. Reflection: When you're done answering the questions above, briefly reflect on this assignment as a whole. Specifically--what questions, feelings, themes, or comments does this exploration of gentrification in your neighborhood raise for you? What connections do you see to our exploration of intercultural communication and physical spaces? Explain.