A historically Black neighborhood in Port St. Joe, Florida wants to revitalize its streets — and a potential LNG export terminal does not fit the plan.
By Maria Gallucci

PORT ST. JOE, Florida — Dannie Bolden strolls down a wide thoroughfare and points to places that are no longer there: barber shops, grocery stores, a live-music lounge. Laundromats, restaurants, a small hotel. Decades ago, the former main street in North Port St. Joe bustled with dozens of Black-owned businesses. The few that remain today are surrounded by vacant concrete-slab foundations and boarded-up buildings.

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