Place and Diplacement - The history of URban renewal in Peoria's Southtown

Please join us for a sieries 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

Friday, April 25

Exhibition Grand Opening

5:30-6:30 p.m. View vintage maps and photographs of Peoria's Southtown

6:30-8 p.m. Reception and opening with remarks by Rita Ali (Mayor, City of Peoria), Christine

Haley (Chief Homelessness Officer, State of Illinois), Mae Catherine Godhigh and

Angela Allen Henry (Place and Displacement committee co-chairs)

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