[4] UGA associate professor of Geography, Jerry Shannon, estimates that the combination of undervaluing the property at the time of sale and forcing residents into areas "of the city where property values have not climbed as quickly"[5] has cost residents over $5 million of generational wealth.
[6] In 2018, while doing research on wage suppression by universities, Joseph Carter found information about the "Urban Renewal Project GA. R-50", which encompassed the homes in the Linnentown neighborhood.
[7] Project members made a resolution pushing for reparations, including financial and a memorial on the site; there is a historical marker for Jeruel Academy a school for Black children once located in the neighborhood, but no other signs of the community that once existed there.
[8] In February 2021, Athens Mayor, Kelly Girtz, issued an apology for the role the city had played in destroying Linnentown.
His apology was followed by a unanimous approval by the Athens-Clarke County Commission in favor of redress for Linnentown, including establishment of the Athens Justice and Memory project and creation of a memory wall.