Letter: Diversity made Kent’s South End business savvy

Nearly a dozen Kent residents and Mayor Jerry Fiala gathered in front of Plum Creek Park on July 3 to commemorate the marking of Kent’s South End as a historic district. The author is on the right. Carter Eugene Adams/The Portager

Letter: Diversity made Kent’s South End business savvy

- Letter to the editor

Ben, as publisher of The Portager I am sure you remember an article Historian Emeritus Roger Di Paolo wrote: Why Kent’s South End is first in diversity?

Well here is the reason he and I and other descendants of those pioneers mentioned in the article are proud of the neighborhood’s diversity. Our great grandparents overcame stereotype, marginalization and economic adversity and made all of these conditions work for our community.

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