Community leaders are trying to save Gum Springs from fading into history

Title: Community leaders are trying to save Gum Springs from fading into history
Date Created: 7/26/2022
Creator: By: Matt Blitz
FFX Now
Description: Further coverage on Gum Springs' interactions with continued expansions to Route 1 that encroach on their community, and risks destroying Black homes in the community. The proposed expansion to Route 1 would take the road all the way to 13 lanes for a stretch ending at the intersection of Route 1 and Sherwood Hall Lane (running through Gum Springs).
Research Themes: Gum Springs
New Gum Springs Civic Association
Route 1 expansion
Gum Springs Conservation Plan
West Ford
Slow Violence
Displacement in place
Physical displacement
Community organization
Type: Newsplaper/Blog
Researcher Name: Jacob Connelly
Relation: Black enclave says Fairfax County ignores its concerns about Inova expansion; Gum Springs’ Juneteenth celebration is also a fight to preserve historically Black community
Bibliographic Citation: Blitz, Matt. “Community Leaders Are Trying to Save Gum Springs from Fading into History.” FFX Now, July 26, 2022. https://www.ffxnow.com/2022/07/26/community-leaders-are-trying-to-save-gum-springs-from-fading-into-history/.

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