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Rachel Senzee speaks about how Jefferson City officially recognized a neighborhood that no longer has a physical presence as a “Historic Legacy District.” At the foot of the hill at Lincoln University's Lafayette Street entrance was an area known as the Foot. Here Black residents invested in and owned their own businesses and developed places of worship, a park, a community center and a pool. However, much of this area was demolished as part of the 1950s and 1960s urban renewal process and with construction of Highway 50. Senzee, Jefferson City’s Neighborhood Services Supervisor, and others including the Historic City of Jefferson worked to find the right way to acknowledge this part of Jefferson City’s history.