Hennepin County contracted with CURA to convene an Anti-Displacement Work Group that centered community voices and brought together diverse stakeholders to study and recommend anti-displacement strategies to help ensure the value of light rail will benefit current corridor residents, and minimize physical, cultural, and economic displacement.
After meeting for more than a year, the work group published their recommendations in May 2023 for public review.
Read the recommendations report
Blue Line Extension Anti-displacement report (PDF)
Share your input
There are several ways to share your input on these anti-displacement recommendations in the tabs below, including:
- Email comments and suggestions directly to C Terrence Anderson, CURA's Director of Community Based Research, at [email protected]
- Leave a comment on the Your Blue Line Extension website
- Help prioritize recommendations and outcomes that are most important to you
- Ask questions about the recommendations and research
Please reference specific pages or passages in the report, whenever possible.
Read more about CURA's work with the Blue Line Anti-Displacement Initiative
Lee Guekguezian
Lee Guekguezian (she/her) is a community-based researcher committed to decision-making justice and elevating lived experiences through research. As a program director at the Center for Urban and Regional Affairs (CURA), they lead initiatives that connect university resources with community-driven projects across Minnesota. Their work focuses on facilitating trust-based collaborations, translating complex findings into accessible narratives, and using data visualization to explore patterns of displacement, ownership, and investment.
Lee holds a Master’s in Urban and Regional Planning from UCLA and a degree in Geography from Macalester College. Their experience spans affordable housing policy and funding, spatial analysis, and program evaluation, working to democratize research and data to amplify community narratives. Outside of work, Lee enjoys biking around the Twin Cities, making rugs, and being a regular at iPho in St. Paul.
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