Chicago-based Chandra Christmas-Rouse is an urban planner and artist who advocates for equity in urban and neighborhood design.
Christmas-Rouse, a senior manager at the Chicago nonprofit Metropolitan Planning Council, spoke about her work in Chattanooga at an event Thursday hosted by the Chattanooga Design Studio.
Prior to the event, the Chattanooga Times Free Press spoke with Christmas-Rouse about topics ranging from redlining and gentrification to her own personal motivations as an urban planner.
The interview has been edited and condensed for clarity and brevity.
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