Wednesday, May 14

Urban Renewal in Peoria's Southtown: Displacement

5:30-6:30 p.m. View the exhibit, share your memories

6:30-8 p.m. Panel discussion on Southtown during and after urban renewal

Please join us for a series of special events ...

❖ View hundreds of photographs and maps of Southtown from the 1950s and 1960s

❖ Hear panel discussions on the roots and results of urban renewal

❖ Share your stories and memories to preserve the history of this Peoria neighborhood

All events take place at George Washington Carver Community Center

710 W. Percy Baker Jr. Avenue

Place and Displacement: Urban Renewal in Peoria's Southtown is sponsored by the Peoria Historical Society.

Many thanks go to our community partners: Central Illinois Landmarks Foundation, George Washington Carver

Community Center, Peoria County Genealogical Society, Peoria Opportunities Foundation, Peoria Public Library,

Traveler Weekly, and Tri-County Regional Planning Commission.

Enormous thanks to Illinois Humanities for their significant support of this project.

FOR MORE INFORMATION, CALL THE PEORIA HISTORICAL SOCIETY AT 309-674-1921