Developer works to reclaim Seattle’s Central District

I had a chance to talk to Shante Sumpter with King 5 News about our historical Central District. The change doesn't happen overnight. However, Gardner Global is committed to making the CD home for everyone. This is over a 10 to 15, 20-year period that it takes place. I remember coming to Seattle in the early-mid '90s to get my haircut by Earl when he was at Midtown Center when I was just a young pup,” said developer Jaebadiah Gardner. “So, to see the change in the neighborhood now, this is one of the biggest reasons why we're doing the work that we're doing because we want to make sure those folks who may have been pushed out of the neighborhood get an opportunity to come back and live close to where they work, close to where they go to school.

Seattle business owners want to bring back the Central District's Black population which has decreased significantly in the last decades.