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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)
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