Joppa is what SMU professor, Barbara Minsker, calls an infrastructure desert. WFAA first told you about infrastructure deserts in March as Minsker walked through Jub
“We should not have these problems persist as long as they have,” said Carolyn King Arnold, Dallas Councilmember District 4.JOPPA, Texas — September 7, 1954, the halls at Melissa Pierce School stood empty as they are today. Then, students at the all-Black school in Dallas’s southeast neighborhood of Joppa joined the NAACP to advocate for integration.
Her parents attended the school which became a church in the 1970’s. For more than a decade now, it has sat vacant. “It’s extremely frustrating especially when you go to other parts of the City of Dallas and you don’t see this,” said Galimore when she pointed to the streets and sidewalks. They are crumbling too.professor, Barbara Minsker, calls an infrastructure desert. WFAA first told you about infrastructure deserts in March as Minsker walked through Jubilee Park in South Dallas.
Her study used data from 2018 to 2019 to identify 12 types of infrastructure deserts such as food access, sidewalks and gathering places. “At that time, there was 62 infrastructure deserts around the city,” said Minsker.“You know it when you see it. Right? You see this neighborhood. You can see that its infrastructure has not been cared for or kept up or maybe isn’t there in the first place,” said Minsker.
King Arnold said city council has put infrastructure needs high on their list passing a $1.2 billion bond package for the special bond election.
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