STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: August 11, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S):|910|DEPARTMENT: Office of Arts and Culture
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the (1) acceptance of donations from the Communities Foundation of Texas on behalf of the Junior League of Dallas and various contributors to the Juanita Craft House in the amount of $250,000.00; (2) receipt and deposit of private funds in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 in the Office of Cultural Affairs Gifts and Donations Fund; and (3) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $250,000.00 in the Office of Cultural Affairs Gifts and Donations Fund - Estimated Revenue: Office of Cultural Affairs Gifts and Donations Fund $250,000.00
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BACKGROUND
The Office of Arts & Culture (OAC) plans to re-open the Juanita Craft Civil Rights House and Memorial Garden (Craft House) for use as a public historic site open to the public on a regular basis. It will be the only publicly-accessible house museum to honor Mrs. Craft, a grass-roots community organizer who had a profound influence on her community, and the country as a whole.
The Junior League of Dallas (JLD) established a partnership with OAC to restore the Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House & Museum as their Centennial Anniversary project. This partnership has also led way to the creation of a donor fund entitled "OAC Juanita Craft House and Garden Fund of Community Foundation of Texas" through which private donors, including foundations, can provide funding to the City of Dallas. The JLD Centennial Committee has worked with OAC staff to write and submit grant applications in order to raise funds for the Craft House.
JLD's partnership has contributed to City Council authorization of grant contracts for $105,000.00 in funds for the Craft House from the Hillcrest Foundation, the Sumerlee Foundation, and the Luse Foundation. In addition to these...
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