Description: In the wake of a nationally publicized police incident and resulting protests, the Fort Worth City Council decided in June 2017 to appoint a task force of community leaders who would advise the Council about important and timely issues relating to racial and cultural equity. The task force focused on a wide array of disparities affecting the quality of life in Fort Worth, pertaining directly or indirectly to six general topics: criminal justice, economic development, education, health, housing, and education. Task Force recommendations can be found here.Super majority minority area polygons (equal to/greater than 75 percent). These census block group based boundaries were used in the analysis for the Task Force on Race and Culture. Block groups are vintage 2014-2018 American Community Survey.Fields of emphasis:GEOID10 Total_Popu (Total Population)Minority_P (Minoirty Population)PERCENTMIN (Percent Minority)Contact and Ownership: Zachary Hutcheson, Zachary.Hutcheson@fortworthtexas.gov Sr Planner, Planning and DevelopmentLast Edited: 08/2020
Copyright Text: City of Fort Worth, Task Force on Race and Culture, https://onefortworth.org/
Description: 50% or more minority population within Census Block Groups:In the wake of a nationally publicized police incident and resulting protests, the Fort Worth City Council decided in June 2017 to appoint a task force of community leaders who would advise the Council about important and timely issues relating to racial and cultural equity. The task force focused on a wide array of disparities affecting the quality of life in Fort Worth, pertaining directly or indirectly to six general topics: criminal justice, economic development, education, health, housing, and education. Majority Minority area polygons (equal to/greater than 50 percent). These census block group based boundaries were used in the analysis for the Task Force on Race and Culture. Block groups are vintage 2014-2018 American Community Survey.Fields of emphasis:GEOID10 Total_Population (Total Population)Minority_Population (Minoirty Population)PERCENTMIN (Percent Minority)Contact and Ownership: Zachary Hutcheson, Zachary.Hutcheson@fortworthtexas.gov Sr Planner, Planning and DevelopmentLast Edited: 09/2020
Copyright Text: ACS 2014-2018 Table: B03002 - Hispanic Or Latin Origin By Race. City of Fort Worth, Task Force on Race and Culture, https://onefortworth.org/
Description: Adopted Neighborhood Empowerment Zone Areas (NEZ) and Adopted Neighborhood Empowerment Zone Strategic Plan Areas. NEZ Areas are created for the development and redevelopment of NEZ Areas to promote the creation or rehabilitation of affordable housing; economic development or to improve the quality of social services, education or public safety for the residents of the NEZ Areas. While the NEZ Strategic Plan Areas are not adopted NEZ boundaries, the design standards will be honored. The NEZ boundaries were adopted by Council in January 2019 and will be updated every five years.
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