How to build 'better' without gentrifying | Travis Williams | TEDxJacksonville
What if the opposite of gentrification wasn't stagnation — but something better?Too often, outside-led revitalization displaces the very residents it claims to serve. Travis Williams, a fourth-generation former resident of Jacksonville's Historic Eastside, calls this pattern what it is — and offers an alternative he pursues called withintrification: community-led development that builds prosperity without erasing the people and culture that made a neighborhood worth investing in.
As President & CEO of LIFT JAX, Williams has put this framework into practice in OutEast — one of Jacksonville's last cohesive, architecturally intact, historically Black neighborhoods, and the largest in Florida on the National Register of Historic Places. Separated from EverBank Stadium and the city's booming sports and entertainment district by a single expressway, OutEast faces exactly the pressures that have hollowed out communities across America. Williams shows how to meet those pressures differently.
His organization’s results speak for themselves: from reopening the historic Debs Store to helping negotiate the largest Community Benefits Agreement in NFL history, he demonstrates that community-led investment can build dignity, preserve belonging, and create lasting prosperity — without leaving a single neighbor behind.
What You'll Learn:
What withintrification is — and why it outperforms both gentrification and neglect
How to collaborate with external partners while keeping community voices at the center
Why the largest Community Benefits Agreement in NFL history started with one neighborhood refusing to be overlooked
How historic preservation and economic development can reinforce rather than contradict each other
Who This Is For: For urban planners, community developers, city officials, nonprofit leaders, philanthropists, and anyone who has watched a neighborhood they loved get "improved" beyond recognition.
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Travis Williams is a fourth-generation former resident of Jacksonville's Historic Eastside — which means when he talks about this neighborhood, he isn't speaking as an outside expert. He's speaking as someone whose family has lived its history. As President & CEO of LIFT JAX, he has spent his career developing and refining the concept of withintrification: community-guided revitalization that treats residents as the primary stakeholders in their own neighborhood's future. From reopening beloved local landmarks to negotiating the largest Community Benefits Agreement in NFL history, Williams proves that the most powerful driver of community transformation isn't outside investment — it's inside trust.
This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx Receive SMS online on sms24.me
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