Tag: gentrification
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Priced Out of Foundry Row, a Community of Artists Regroups in Cedar Hollow
Rising commercial rents have priced the 24-member Anvil Street Studios collective out of its longtime Foundry Row warehouse, sending most of the artists to a cheaper former factory space in Cedar Hollow while others scatter on their own.
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New Foundry Row Residents Want Loom Hall Turned Down. The Venue Says It Was There First.
New residents of the Foundry District Lofts have filed fourteen noise complaints against Loom Hall in two months, more than the venue logged in the previous three years, setting up a dispute over who bears responsibility for Foundry Row’s changing soundscape.
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As Foundry Row Fills With Young Families, School Boundaries Shift Beneath Them
The Bellwater School Board voted to shift roughly 240 students from Wentworth Elementary’s zone to Riverbend Elementary’s, formally recognizing Foundry Row’s growing population of young families.
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Tenant Organizer Ferrante Enters Foundry Row Council Race Against Bettencourt
Tenant organizer Marisol Ferrante is challenging Council Member Luis Bettencourt in Foundry Row, centering her campaign on his ties to developer Millrace Development Partners and an ongoing ethics board review.
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Ten Years In, Loom Hall Has Outlasted the Neighborhood It Opened Into
Loom Hall marked ten years as Foundry Row’s anchor music venue with a sold-out anniversary weekend, even as owner Sal Renner says rising rents and new residential neighbors are reshaping the room that gentrification helped build.
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Ibarra Casts Biotech Boom as Proof of a City Turning a Corner
Mayor Renata Ibarra’s State of the City address highlighted Foundry Row’s biotech-driven revenue growth, drawing praise from business leaders and criticism from council members who say Lowertown and other districts have yet to see the benefits.
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Three New Restaurants Open Within Blocks of Each Other in Foundry Row
Three restaurants opened within blocks of each other in Foundry Row this month, as commercial rents on the block climbed roughly 40 percent amid the neighborhood’s biotech-driven growth.