This Black History Month, Axios Local reporters from around the country searched their cities for sites linked to the story of Black Americans.

• What they found confirms a troubling national trend: Hundreds of sites important to Black history are at risk of disappearing as buildings sit abandoned and forgotten amid urban renewal and climate change, Axios' Russell Contreras and Keldy Ortiz report.

Preserving these sites is critical so scholars can learn more about history that wasn't formally documented.

• Axios San Antonio's Madalyn Mendoza found that East Commerce Street hotels and restaurants, which were a chunk of the city's midcentury "Negro Motorist Green Book" destinations, had been razed.
• Axios Boston's Steph Solis found that the Harriet Tubman House, founded as a lodging space for Black women who had migrated from the South, has been sold to a developer.
• A series of storms and hurricanes in Houston forced officials to demolish a home in the city's Freedmen's Town — an area built by emancipated people.

What's happening now: National Trust for Historic Preservation's African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund is working to save 200 Black heritage places, from schools to churches.

• The National Park Service says nine sites in Mississippi could soon join the National Park System.

Remember: There is currently no national monument or national museum about enslavement.

• Go deeper... Photos of the sites.

Chip manufacturing companies that apply for a slice of the billions set aside to build domestic plants will be required to submit a plan explaining how workers will access affordable child care, according to a Commerce Department presentation shared with Axios Markets co-author Emily Peck.

• The new requirement is a way for the Biden administration to make progress on expanding child care access after efforts to pass any nationwide policy fell short.
• There aren't enough child care workers or facilities in many areas, and costs are unaffordable for people who might want to take these chip-related jobs.

The agency is agnostic on how companies get this done. They could build company-run onsite facilities or outsource to a vendor. Companies could sponsor care directly or provide vouchers, discounts or cash.

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The Tooth Fairy's payout for a single lost tooth is at a record high, with the average gift reaching $6.23, up from $5.36 in 2022.

• That's a 379% increase from 1998 when a lost tooth fetched $1.30 on average, Axios' Kelly Tyko reports.

The numbers come from Delta Dental’s 2023 annual poll which surveyed 1,000 parents of kids 6–12.

• 💸 The company predicts that it's possible that by 2048 the Tooth Fairy could be leaving as much as $30 under the pillow for a single tooth.

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