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Fourth Plain Forward project looks to past to plan for future

Historians strive to combat gentrification, community displacement

By , Columbian staff writer
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Chlovena Byrd and Owen Ratliff, friends for 30 years, look at exhibits before the "Fourth Plain Forward: Building Community" presentation began.
Chlovena Byrd and Owen Ratliff, friends for 30 years, look at exhibits before the "Fourth Plain Forward: Building Community" presentation began. (James Rexroad for the Columbian) Photo Gallery

By looking at Fourth Plain’s past, historians are identifying ways to combat gentrification and community displacement along Vancouver’s international corridor.

The Fourth Plain project, part of the Clark County Historical Museum’s Clark County Stories series, highlights people who lived in the district since the mid-20th century. The virtual exhibit, available in the fall, is an attempt to showcase the corridor’s robust stories to embolden the work done by nonprofit Fourth Plain Forward, historian Katie Bush said.

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