STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: January 27, 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 a grant from the Hillcrest Foundation Care of Communities Foundation of Texas in the amount of $50,000.00 to preserve and restore the Juanita J. Craft Civil Rights House for the period January 27, 2021 through January 26, 2022; (2) receipt and deposit of funds in an amount not to exceed $50,000.00 in the Hillcrest Foundation Care of Communities Foundation of Texas Grant Fund; (3) establishment of appropriations in amount not to exceed $50,000.00 in the Hillcrest Foundation Care of Communities Foundation of Texas Grant Fund; and (4) execution of the grant agreement with Hillcrest Foundation and Bank of America, NA, as Co-Trustee, and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the grant agreement - Not to exceed $50,000.00 - Financing: Hillcrest Foundation Care of Communities Foundation of Texas Grant Fund
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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 and Memorial Garden 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" which enables private donors the ability to provide funding to the City of Dallas, in accordance with the City of Dallas Cultural Plan and Policy. The JLD Centennial ...
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