The Historic Gas Plant was a vibrant and thriving community of predominantly Black residents that provided homes, jobs, and business ownership opportunities, safe green spaces, places of worship, and cemeteries. The new development must be focused on former residents, their descendants, and the residents of South St. Petersburg through education on the history of this community and substantive economic welfare directed toward these residents. We believe that the only way to ensure the community benefits is to remain in control of the land through ownership and democratic processes to determine its present and future.