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I’M SOLEDAD O’BRIEN. WELCOME TO. MATTER OF FACT. IT’S A FAMILIAR STORY FOR UNDERSERVED COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY. WEALTHY INVESTORS MOVE IN, AND THEN LONGTIME RESIDENTS ARE PRICED OUT. I GET CALLS EVERY DAY. I PAY CASH FOR YOUR HOUSE. NELLY COOPER’S FAMILY BUILT THEIR HOME DECADES AGO IN A NOW BOOMING WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. WHEN SHE CALLED ME AGAIN, I’M GOING TO HAVE HER ARRESTED FOR HARASSMENT. DON’T SELL YOUR HOME. DON’T SELL OUT. BE A PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. BE A PART OF THE REVIVAL OF YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD. HOW ONE COMMUNITY IS COMING TOGETHER TO WRITE A DIFFERENT STORY. ONE OF SHARED PROSPERITY. PLUS, GRADUATION SEASON MEANS YOUNG PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO MAKE THE TRANSITION FROM STUDENT TO EMPLOYEE. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT MATTERS IS THE WAGES THAT YOU HAVE IN SOME OF YOUR EARLY JOBS. THIS RESEARCHERS FINDINGS ON HOW GRADUATES DECISIONS CAN IMPACT THEIR FUTURE SUCCESS. AND I NEEDED TO GET AWAY FROM WHERE I WAS LIVING. BILLY BARS, NEW JERSEY CITY WAS TOO CROWDED FOR HIM, SO HE MADE A PRETTY BIG CHANGE. FOR EIGHT YEARS I LIVED IN AN EIGHT BY TEN FOOT SHACK WITH NO INSULATION. HOW IS NEW LIFE IN THE REMOTE ROCKY MOUNTAINS IS HELPING CLIMATE CHANGE RESEARCH. THOSE STORIES AND MUCH MORE RIGHT NOW ON MATTER OF FACT. PALM BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA IS UNDERGOING A RAPID CHANGE. IT’S SEEING AN INFLUX OF PEOPLE AND BUSINESSES. FOR INSTANCE, VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY IN NASHVILLE RECENTLY ANNOUNCED PLANS FOR A $520 MILLION GRADUATE CAMPUS IN WEST PALM BEACH. IT’S PROJECTED TO CREATE 35,000 JOBS OVER 25 YEARS, AND BILLIONS IN NEW ECONOMIC ACTIVITY FOR THE AREA. AND THE CENSUS ESTIMATES THAT THE CITY’S POPULATION GREW NEARLY 9% FROM 2020 TO 2024. WHILE THIS DEVELOPMENT BRINGS NEW OPPORTUNITY, IT ALSO INEVITABLY DRIVES UP THE COST OF LIVING AND INCREASES THE POTENTIAL FOR DISPLACEMENT OF LONGTIME RESIDENTS. OUR CORRESPONDENT JESSICA GOMEZ HAS THE STORY OF A CONCERTED EFFORT TO KEEP ONE COMMUNITY IN THE HANDS OF THE PEOPLE WHO’VE LIVED THERE FOR GENERATIONS. SOMEBODY ASKED ME ONCE WHY I RIDE MY BIKE EVERYWHERE. URBAN PLANNER RAPHAEL CLEMENTE ON HIS WAY TO WORK. YOU SEE THINGS THAT YOU WOULD NOT SEE FROM YOUR CAR. CLEMENTE ROUTE THROUGH DOWNTOWN WEST PALM BEACH, WHERE CRANES DOT THE SKYLINE. DEVELOPMENT. HERE IS BOOMING SINCE THE PANDEMIC. THE NUMBER OF MILLIONAIRES LIVING IN THE AREA HAS INCREASED MORE THAN 90%. AS MUCH AS I HAVE BEEN IN IT AND EVEN PLAYED A ROLE IN IT IN ITS RENAISSANCE. STILL SHOCKS ME. THE CHANGE, LIKE CLEMENTE, IS HEADED NORTH TO THE HISTORICALLY BLACK COMMUNITY OF COLEMAN PARK. HIS LATEST PROJECT AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF THE NONPROFIT PALM BEACH VENTURE. PHILANTHROPY. THE HISTORY OF COLEMAN PARK AND NEIGHBORHOODS LIKE IT IS A RICH HISTORY, A HISTORY. NELLY COOPER REMEMBERS FONDLY THE 85 YEAR OLD STILL IN THE HOME. HER FATHER AND UNCLE BUILT IN 1949. THAT USED TO BE MCKINNEY’S PHARMACY. THAT USED TO BE A GROCERY STORE. WE HAD EVERYTHING THAT WE WANTED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD, LIKE WE HAD OUR OWN MOVIES, WE HAD OUR OWN SCHOOL, WE HAD OUR OWN PARKS. A STOP ON THE NEGRO BASEBALL LEAGUE CIRCUIT, COLEMAN PARK ONCE HOSTED PLAYERS LIKE JACKIE ROBINSON AND HANK AARON. IT WAS A VIBRANT AND THRIVING BLACK, MIDDLE CLASS COMMUNITY. ROOSEVELT HIGH SCHOOL, AT THE CENTER OF IT ALL, NELLIE COOPER IN THE CLASS OF 1958. IT BRINGS TEARS TO YOUR EYES TO SEE IT LOOKING LIKE THIS. TODAY, ROOSEVELT IS A SHELL OF WHAT IT ONCE WAS. AFTER DESEGREGATION, MANY LEFT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THEN THE DRUG EPIDEMIC. THEY PROMISED US THAT EVERYTHING WAS GOING TO BE CLEANED UP. WE GET MORE POLICE PROTECTION. WE HAVE BETTER SCHOOLS. BUT NOTHING WAS DONE UNTIL NOW. ROOSEVELT WILL SOON BE TRANSFORMED INTO A VOCATIONAL SCHOOL AND MUSEUM, REPLACING THE OLD BASEBALL FIELD, A COMMUNITY CENTER ABOUT TO OPEN ITS DOORS. THERE’S ABOUT 4000FT OF NEW RETAIL SPACE COMING TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, AND CREWS WORKING ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND COMMERCIAL UNITS ON TAMARIND AVENUE. ONCE THE ECONOMIC HUB OF COLEMAN PARK, CLEMENTE’S VISION FOR THE STREETS. SO THAT IS GOOD NEWS. STARTED IN A BOARDROOM. HIS NONPROFIT, BORN FROM THE QUANTUM FOUNDATION, WHICH OPERATES AN ENDOWMENT FOCUSED ON IMPROVING THE HEALTH OF LOCAL COMMUNITIES. WE’VE GOT TO THINK DIFFERENTLY ABOUT THE WAY PHILANTHROPY HAS WORKED. AT THE HELM, ERIC KELLY, WHO GREW UP IN A COMMUNITY JUST LIKE COLEMAN PARK. WHILE WE CONTINUE TO FUND FOOD BANKS AND FREE CLINICS, WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE GROCERY STORE THAT’S NEEDED IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE ALSO HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THE JOB THAT’S NEEDED. SO QUANTUM, WHILE BACKING MUCH OF THE DEVELOPMENT HAPPENING IN COLEMAN PARK, IS CHANGING ITS STRATEGY. IT WILL BECOME A DESTINATION, PUTTING MUCH OF ITS FINANCIAL WEIGHT BEHIND NEIGHBORHOOD BASED GROUPS LIKE RICE, COLEMAN PARK COLEMAN PARK IS RIGHT AT THE PRECIPICE OF EITHER BEING GENTRIFIED IN OR TAKING CONTROL OF WHAT THAT WOULD LOOK LIKE. PEOPLE ARE COMING. THEY’RE COMING FAST AND FURIOUS TO WEST PALM BEACH. IF WE CAN ENGAGE RESIDENTS TO UNDERSTAND WHAT THEY’RE SITTING ON AND TO BE PART OF IT, THERE’S A WIN WIN FOR, FOR FOR THE COMMUNITY TO KNOW THAT THOSE CRANES ARE NOT GOING TO PUSH THEM OUT. WHILE INVESTING IN EFFORTS TO ATTRACT NEW BUSINESSES AND PEOPLE TO COLEMAN PARK, THE PRIORITY KEEPING LEGACY RESIDENTS HERE IF THEY WANT TO STAY, HELPING THEM WITH HOME REPAIRS. HEY, HOW Y’ALL DOING? COME ON IN. AND FUNDING EFFORTS LIKE THOSE OF THE LEGAL AID SOCIETY OF PALM BEACH COUNTY. 1938 HERE, WHICH HELPS RESIDENTS SORT THROUGH HEIRS RIGHTS AND HOME TITLE ISSUES THAT MAKE THEM VULNERABLE TO OUTSIDE INVESTORS. OUR MAIN GOAL IS TO HELP FOLKS STAY IN THEIR HOMES, PROTECT THEM, MAKE SURE THAT THEY CAN PASS IT ON TO WHOM THEY WISH. SHAKEMA GLOVER’S HOME HAS BEEN IN HER FAMILY FOR NEARLY A CENTURY. I CAN REST A LITTLE BIT KNOWING THAT, OKAY, NOBODY’S COMING TO YANK ME AND SEND ME SOMEWHERE ELSE PACKING. IT’S ABOUT THE MEMORIES. IT’S ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE THAT YOU BELONG TO SOMETHING. AS THE REVIVAL IN COLEMAN PARK TAKES ROOT, IT’S EXACTLY WHERE NELLY COOPER SAYS SHE BELONGS. I GET CALLS EVERY DAY. I PAY CASH FOR YOUR HOUSE. I THINK ABOUT HOW MY DAD AND MY UNCLE BUILT THIS HOUSE. I THINK ABOUT THE THINGS THAT WE DID IN THIS HOUSE AND THE MEMORIES MEANS MORE THAN MONEY. IN WEST PALM BEACH, FLORIDA. FOR MATTER OF FACT, I’M JESSICA GOMEZ. THE QUANTUM FOUNDATION IS PLANNING TO INVEST $10 MILLION IN COLEMAN PARK OVER THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND TO RAISE ANOTHER $90 MILLION THROUGH A SOCIAL IMPACT INVESTMENT FUND. NEXT, ON MATTER OF FACT, PREVIOUS WAVES OF TECHNOLOGY HAVE BEEN MORE FOCUSED ON ROUTINE TASKS OR MANUAL LABOR. GENERATIVE AI WILL DEFINITELY AFFECT PEOPLE WITH COLLEGE DEGREES. A LOOK AT AI’S IMPACT ON THE LABOR MARKET FOR RECENT GRADS. PLUS THE STEPS BEING TAKEN NOW TO HELP FAMILIES STILL TRYING TO RECOVER FROM A MASSACRE THAT HAPPENED OVER 100 YEARS AGO. AND WE VISIT A REMOTE PART OF THE COLORADO ROCKY MOUNTAINS TO FIND OUT WHY THIS AMATEUR SCIENTIST HAS BEEN MEASURING SNOW EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST 50 YEARS. YOU’RE WATCHING, MATTER OF FACT, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NATIONALLY SYNDICATED PUBLIC AFFAIRS NEWS MAGAZINE. COLLEGE GRADUATES ARE ENTERING A TOUGHER JOB MARKET RIGHT NOW. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A RECENT REPORT BY THE NEW YORK FEDERAL RESERVE. IT SAYS THAT LABOR CONDITIONS HAVE DETERIORATED NOTICEABLY IN THE PAST FEW MONTHS FOR RECENT COLLEGE GRADUATES. BUT IT’S NOT JUST COLLEGE GRADS ENTERING THE WORKFORCE RIGHT NOW. IT’S SOME HIGH SCHOOL GRADS. MARTHA ROSS IS A SENIOR FELLOW AT BROOKINGSMETRO WHO STUDIES YOUNG ADULTS AND THE LABOR MARKET. IT’S SO NICE TO HAVE YOU. THANK YOU FOR JOINING ME. THANKS FOR HAVING ME. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF STORIES THAT WE’VE DONE OF FOLKS WHO HAVE OPTED OUT OF GOING TO COLLEGE, PARTLY BECAUSE OF THE COST, BUT YOU’VE SAID YOU YOU LAND IN THE COLLEGE IS A WORTHWHILE COST. YOU’RE GOING TO DO BETTER IN THE LABOR MARKET IF YOU HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE. BUT I WOULD WANT THEM TO THINK CAREFULLY AND GET SUPPORT FROM KNOWLEDGEABLE FOLKS ABOUT HOW TO MAKE THAT TRANSITION. BECAUSE IF YOU DO NOT HAVE GUIDANCE FROM FAMILY OR FROM SCHOOL, IT IS A HARD PATH TO FIGURE OUT WHAT SCHOOL IS RIGHT FOR YOU, HOW TO APPLY, HOW TO GET FINANCIAL AID, WHAT IS THE ADVICE THAT YOU GIVE STUDENTS WHO ARE HEADING INTO COLLEGE TO COME OUT THE OTHER END, MOST READY FOR THE JOB MARKET, TO THE EXTENT THAT YOU CAN TRY TO BRIDGE THE THE GAP BETWEEN THE WORLD OF SCHOOL AND WORK ALL THROUGHOUT YOUR EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE, THE BETTER. SO, YOU KNOW, LOOK FOR INTERNSHIPS, LOOK FOR TYPES OF CLASSES OR PROGRAMS THAT APPEAR TO HAVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH A GIVEN, YOU KNOW, INDUSTRY OR SECTOR. IT ALSO MATTERS WHAT TYPE OF JOB YOU HAVE AND SOME OTHER RESEARCH THAT I DID. IF YOU WERE IN A SERVICE SECTOR JOB AT AGE 25, YOUR CHANCES OF MOVING INTO A HIGHER WAGE JOB DOWN THE LINE WERE WERE REDUCED. AS TECHNOLOGY KIND OF CHANGED. WHAT’S OUT THERE FOR YOUNG PEOPLE? YEAH, GENERATIVE. I WILL DEFINITELY AFFECT PEOPLE WITH COLLEGE DEGREES. AND IT CAN BOTH HELP WITH PRODUCTIVITY AND IT CAN ALSO POTENTIALLY DISPLACE SOME WORKERS. ONE OF THE REALLY WORRYING ELEMENTS IS, DEPENDING ON HOW COMPANIES USE IT, GENERATIVE AI HAS THE POTENTIAL TO REALLY CUT OFF THE BOTTOM OF THE CAREER LADDER. THINK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, MARKET ANALYSTS, RESEARCH ASSISTANTS, PEOPLE DOING COGNITIVE. WORK THAT GENERATIVE AI PROGRAM CAN MAKE EASIER. I’M TRYING TO FIGURE OUT IF YOU’RE OPTIMISTIC OR IF YOU’RE PESSIMISTIC ABOUT HOW DIFFICULT THE JOB MARKET IS FOR THIS GROUP OF YOUNG PEOPLE. I WOULD SAY IT’S A MIX. NOW, I’VE BEEN PESSIMISTIC AND WORRIED ABOUT THE JOB PROSPECTS FOR PEOPLE WITH ONLY A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA BECAUSE THEY THEY’RE LOOKING AT HIGHER UNEMPLOYMENT RATES AND LOWER WAGES DOWN THE LINE. NOW, I AM ALSO MORE WORRIED ABOUT PEOPLE WITH COLLEGE DEGREES BASED ON EARLY INDICATIONS OF WHAT GENERATIVE AI CAN DO. ONE THING I WOULD SAY TO EMPLOYERS, HOWEVER, IS THAT THEY SHOULD THINK LONGER TERM, AND IF THEY ARE GOING TO ELIMINATE OR REDUCE THE NUMBER OF ENTRY LEVEL JOBS, THINK ABOUT HOW THEY’RE GOING TO GROW THEIR WORKFORCE OVER TIME. IF ALL EMPLOYERS ARE DOING THAT, A BUNCH OF ENTRY LEVEL WORKERS ARE NOT GOING TO BE LEARNING WHAT THEY NEED TO ADVANCE. AND OFTEN AN EMPLOYER STRATEGY IS TO POACH OTHER WORKERS FROM OTHER COMPANIES. AND IF EVERYONE DOES THAT, THEN THERE WILL BE NO ONE TO POACH. MARTHA ROSS IS WITH BROOKINGSMETRO. SO NICE TO TALK TO YOU. THANK YOU. THANKS. COMING UP, HIS LIFE IN THE ROCKIES, OFTEN DICTATED BY SNOW. THOSE ARE ALL AVALANCHE RUNS. SO THE MORE YOU KNOW AVALANCHE CONDITIONS, THE SAFER YOU ARE. IT’S LIKE LEARNING TO CROSS THE STREET IN NEW YORK. WHY? HIS WORK IN THE MOUNTAINS HAS BECOME A VALUABLE RESEARCH TOOL. PLUS, IT WAS ONCE ONE OF THE WEALTHIEST BLACK COMMUNITIES UNTIL A MASSACRE. THE EFFORT TO HELP THOSE LIVING THERE, GENERATIONS LATER, FIND SUCCESS. WELCOME BACK TO MATTER OF FACT. MEET BILLY BARR. AS A STUDENT IN THE EARLY 70S, BARR MOVED FROM NEW JERSEY TO THE REMOTE MOUNTAINS OF WESTERN COLORADO. SNOW BECAME A BIG PART OF HIS LIFE. SKIING IS HOW HE GETS AROUND. THE WINTER BEFORE MY FIRST HIP REPLACEMENT, I SKIED 174 MILES, WHICH MAY SOUND LIKE A LOT. THAT’S NOT BECAUSE THE FIRST WINTER I HAD BOTH HIPS. I SKIED 931. SOON AFTER HE MOVED TO THE ROCKIES, BARR STARTED KEEPING A RECORD OF THE SNOWFALL IN HIS BACK YARD. THE AMOUNT, THE WEIGHT, AND THE DENSITY. HE’S BEEN DOING IT EVERY DAY FOR THE PAST 53 YEARS. HIS DATA IS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE, AND SCIENTISTS AT THE NEARBY ROCKY MOUNTAIN BIOLOGICAL LABORATORY USE IT FOR THEIR RESEARCH. OUR PRODUCER, TARA CLEARY, RECENTLY VISITED BARR. SNOW HAD MELTED, BUT HE DEMONSTRATED HOW HE USUALLY COLLECTS HIS DATA. FOR EIGHT YEARS, I LIVED IN THE EIGHT BY TEN FOOT SHACK WITH NO INSULATION. IT WAS TERRIBLE, BUT IT WAS GREAT BECAUSE IT WAS NICE AND QUIET. COMING OUT HERE WAS AN ESCAPE, NOT LIKE LOOK HOW BIG AND STRONG AND WELL, OBVIOUSLY I’M NOT. WHAT CONTROLLED MY LIFE THEN AND STILL DOES NOW. IN THE WINTER ESPECIALLY IS THE WEATHER. I TRUDGE THROUGH THE SNOW. I SKI TO GET AROUND. I KNIT A BIT. I READ AND WATCH A MOVIE. PRETTY MUCH THE SAME EVERY SINGLE DAY ALL YEAR. I WAS HERE ALL BY MYSELF IN THAT LITTLE CABIN, AND I DIDN’T HAVE A LOT GOING ON. SO I WROTE DOWN WHAT LITTLE I SAW, EVERYTHING I STARTED DOING BACK THEN. I’M STILL DOING THE SAME WAY RIGHT NOW. IN THE LAST DECADE OR SO, THE SNOW DENSITY HAS BEEN A LOT MORE THAN THE LONG TERM AVERAGE. THERE’S MORE WATER IN IT, AND WHAT HAPPENS IS A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE IS IT DOESN’T INSULATE THE GROUND AS MUCH. AND IT MELTS QUICKER. AND THAT AFFECTS ANIMALS THAT ARE HIBERNATING OR ANIMALS THAT ARE RETURNING HERE. THAT GUY’S NAME IS CHEVY. HE’S OUR RESIDENT MALE OF THE TOWN. MY NAME IS TAYLOR BASTIAN. I’M THE TEAM LEADER OF THE MARMOT PROJECT. KATIE, SEEING ANYTHING UP THERE? JUST CHIPMUNKS EATING OUR BAIT. WITHOUT BILLY’S DATA, WE WOULD BE IN A REALLY ROUGH SPOT. IN THE THREE YEARS THAT I’VE BEEN HERE, THIS YEAR HAS BEEN A RECORD LOW SNOWPACK. AND THIS YEAR THAT WAS ACTUALLY PREDICTED PRETTY WELL BY BILLY. THAT’S INCREDIBLY UNUSUAL. AND FRANKLY, KIND OF CONCERNING FOR OUR ANIMALS BECAUSE THEY HAVE EVOLVED TO HAVE THIS SPECIFIC PATTERN OF WAKING UP AT SPECIFIC TIMES. AND THAT IS BEING VERY HIGHLY ALTERED BY THE CURRENT WEATHER PATTERNS. THE LAST DECADE OR SO. THE PATTERNS ARE A LOT DIFFERENT THAN THEY WERE THE FIRST 30, 35 YEARS. IT’S CONCERNING IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT LEVELS. I WON’T BE AROUND FOR A LOT OF IT. I’LL HAVE THE TEMPERATURE DATA THAT SHOWS WHAT THE TEMPERATURE IS GOING TO BE, WHERE I’LL BE. I DON’T KNOW WHAT WILL HAPPEN ONCE I CAN’T DO IT ANYMORE, BUT I’M HOPING IT CONTINUES AFTER I CAN’T DO IT, YOU CAN SAY, WELL, WOW, YOU STUCK THAT ALL THE WHOLE TIME YOU WERE OUT HERE. I DIDN’T COME OUT HERE TO DO THAT. I CAME OUT HERE BECAUSE I COULDN’T DO ANYTHING ELSE. I WAS SOCIALLY INEPT. IT’S DIFFERENT. BUT IT’S NOT THAT MUCH A MARVEL TO ME. WE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL LATE SPRING TO VISIT BARR FOR THIS STORY, BECAUSE MUCH OF THE YEAR YOU HAVE TO CROSS COUNTRY, SKI THREE MILES TO REACH HIM AHEAD ON. MATTER OF FACT, WHAT CAN BE DONE TO HELP THE DESCENDANTS OF THE TULSA RACE MASSACRE MORE THAN 100 YEARS AFTER THE DEADLY ATTACK, AND A LOOK AT A NEIGHBORHOOD BUILT TO WITHSTAND WILDFIRES. TO STAY UP TO DATE WITH MATTER OF FACT, SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER ATTHE 1921 TULSA RACE ONE OF THE WORST RACIAL ATTACKS IN U.S. HISTORY. AS MANY AS 300 BLACK PEOPLE KILLED. BUSINESSES, HOMES AND CHURCHES DESTROYED BY A WHITE MOB IN THE CITY’S ONCE THRIVING GREENWOOD NEIGHBORHOOD. FOR YEARS, THE TRUE EXTENT OF THE MASSACRE WAS COVERED UP AND FIGHTS FOR JUSTICE STALLED. BUT NOW TULSA MAYOR MONROE NICHOLS, THE CITY’S FIRST BLACK MAYOR, IS TRYING TO CREATE A DIFFERENT FUTURE FOR GREENWOOD’S DESCENDANTS. THE PROJECT IS CALLED THE ROAD TO REPAIR. IT INCLUDES THE GREENWOOD TRUST, AN EFFORT TO SECURE $105 MILLION IN ASSETS THAT WOULD GO TO THREE AREAS $24 MILLION FOCUSED ON HOUSING AND HOME OWNERSHIP, $60 MILLION TOWARD CULTURAL PRESERVATION, IMPROVING BUILDINGS AND REDUCING BLIGHT, AND $21 MILLION FOR A LEGACY FUND TO SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESSES AND CREATE SCHOLARSHIPS FOR DESCENDANTS. THE MOVE COMES AFTER THE OKLAHOMA SUPREME COURT DENIED COMPENSATION TO THE LIVING SURVIVORS OF THE ATTACK. LAST YEAR. TULSA’S MAYOR SET A GOAL OF RAISING THE FUNDS BY NEXT JUNE, WHEN TULSA WILL MARK 105 YEARS SINCE THE MASSACRE. STILL AHEAD ON MATTER OF FACT, AS WILDFIRES BECOME MORE FREQUENT AND INTENSE, WE EXPLORE THE STEPS BUILDERS ARE TAKING TO HELP THESE HOUSES BE WILDFIRE AND FINALLY, A NEIGHBORHOOD ENGINEERED TO BE MORE RESILIENT AGAINST WILDFIRES. THE FIRST OF ITS KIND. MEGA DEVELOPER KB HOME IS BUILDING A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN ESCONDIDO, A CITY IN SAN DIEGO COUNTY. THE COMMUNITY, CALLED DIXON TRAIL, WILL HAVE ABOUT 64 HOMES WITH SEVERAL FIRE RESISTANT ELEMENTS. THAT INCLUDES BUFFER ZONES OF AT LEAST TEN FEET BETWEEN EACH PROPERTY, WITH METAL FENCING TO SLOW DOWN THE SPREAD OF FLAMES. THE HOMES WILL ALSO HAVE CONCRETE ROOFS, WIRE MESH COVERING, GUTTERS AND VENTS, AND DUAL PANE TEMPERED WINDOWS. SO WHAT HAPPENS WHEN A FIRE STARTS? THIS IS VIDEO OF A DEMONSTRATION RELEASED BY THE INSURANCE INSTITUTE FOR BUSINESS AND HOME SAFETY. IT SHOWS TWO HOMES. ON THE LEFT. IS THE HOME NOT OUTFITTED WITH THE FIRE RESISTANT MATERIALS? YOU CAN SEE THE FLAMES QUICKLY SPREAD WHILE THE MITIGATED HOUSE DOESN’T CATCH FIRE. THE HOMES ARE GOING FOR AROUND $1 MILLION. A THIRD OF THEM HAVE ALREADY BEEN SOLD, AND AT LEAST TWO BUYERS HAVE ALREADY MOVED IN. ALL OF THE HOMES ARE EXPECTED TO BE FINISHED IN A YEAR. THAT’S IT FOR THIS EDITION OF. MATTER OF FACT, I’M SOLEDAD O’BRIEN, AND I’LL SEE YOU BACK HERE NEXT WEEK. TO WATCH MORE STORIES LIKE THIS ANYTIME, HEAD TO MATTER OF FACT.