Month: June 2013

	DATE	AMOUNT ($)	SOURCE	PURPOSE
1	10/9/81	200,000	CDBG*	Revitalization study
2	“	34,000	CDBG	Extension of study
3	7/23/82	100,000	Grant, National Endowment for the Humanities via JSU	Historical survey of Farish Street
4	12/10/89	1,600,000	CDBG	Infrastructure, business loans, housing
5	“	85,000	CDBG	Farish Street park
6	11/22/94	50,000	Jackson/Hinds Co.	Mary Means (Means Consulting)
7	11/22/95	1,500,000	State of Ms.	Alamo renovation
8	3/7/96	130,000	National Trust for Historic Preservation/State of Ms.	Renovation of Scott Ford House
9	“	200,000	“	Acquisition of property in Farish St. district
10	3/26/98	2,500,000	National Equity Fund; $600,000 from local banks; $350,000, CDBG (city)	“Rehab” of 37 historic houses
11	4/27/99	6,000,000	State of Ms.	Farish St. revitalization
12	4/27/99	6,000,000	Fannie Mae	Farish St. revitalization (matching of state funds
13	3/23/01	1,500,000	HUD?	Infrastructure
14	5/22/01	900,000	City of Jackson water and sewer fund	Infrastructure
15	1/12/02	74,000	($50,000 J. Paul Getty Trust; $12,500 Ms. Dept. Archives and History; $3,500 Gannett, Inc.; $8,000 ChemFirst, Inc.)	Farish St./Scott-Ford Museum
16	3/8/11	210,000	Civil rights grant(?)	Medgar Evers House Museum
	TOTAL	21,082,000

*(Community Development Block Grant – HUD)

Not included in this document are amounts for donations of real estate (e.g.: from state of Mississippi; donation of Alamo from Sunburst Bank), funding for the Smith-Robertson Museum and contract fees paid to Performa Entertainment and subsequent developers.

1) Hester, Lea Ann. “City expected to extend study of Farish Street.” The Clarion-Ledger 19 October 1981: 1B. Print.
2) Ibid.
3) Hester, Lea Ann. “Farish: Older than thought?” The Clarion-Ledger 23 July 1801: 1B. Print.
4) Scruggs, Afi-Odelia E. “Development plan fails to revitalize Farish Street.” The Clarion-Ledger 10 December 1989: 1A. Print.
5) Ibid.
6) Simmons, Grace. “Farish Street consultants to share info.” The Clarion-Ledger 9 October 1993: (no page cited)
7) Gates, Jimmie. “Renovation closer for Farish Street’s Alamo Theatre.” The Clarion-Ledger 22 November 1995: (no page cited)
8) Harris, Barbara. The Jackson Advocate. “Farish Street Historic District gets infusion of national, state funding.” 7 March 1996: 1A. Print.
9) Ibid.
10) Fleming, Eric. “Farish Street renovation under way.” The Mississippi Link. 26 March 1998. 1A: Print.
11) Henderson, Monique H. “Draft document targets Farish St. Historic District:12M allotted for development of district.” The Clarion-Ledger. 27 April 1999. 1B Print.
12) Ibid.
13) Mayer, Greg. “$1.5M grant going to Farish Street.” The Clarion-Ledger. 22 March 2001. 1B: Print.
14) Ibid.
15) _______. “Black museum receives grant.” The Picayune Item. 12 January 2000. (no page cited)
16) Mitchell, Jerry. “$2M-plus in grants awarded to state civil rights sites.” (“$210,000 will help stabilize the foundation and repair the Medgar Evers House Museum in Jackson.”) The Clarion-Ledger. 3 August 2011. (no page cited)