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Wade Patterson of the Saw Mill Community Land Trust talks about Creativity, Equity and the Reimagining of the City. He discusses how a once-sleepy community's innovative vision is reinventing affordable housing in Albuquerque's post-industrial era. Sawmill Community Land Trust has implemented a model for permanently affordable housing on a 34-acre former brownfield site within the urban core, creating a dynamic, community-focused neighborhood that challenges conventional notions of how change happens and who constitutes the Creative Class.
Wade Patterson of the Saw Mill Community Land Trust talks about Creativity, Equity and the Reimagining of the City. He discusses how a once-sleepy community's innovative vision is reinventing affordable housing in Albuquerque's post-industrial era. Sawmill Community Land Trust has implemented a model for permanently affordable housing on a 34-acre former brownfield site within the urban core, creating a dynamic, community-focused neighborhood that challenges conventional notions of how change happens and who constitutes the Creative Class.










