Greenwood Community Development Corporation

15.904 HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID HISTORIC PRESERVATION FUND GRANTS-IN-AID ASSIST IN THE IDENTIFICATION, EVALUATION, AND PROTECTION OF HISTORIC PROPERTIES BY SUCH MEANS AS EDUCATION, SURVEY, PLANNING, TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE, PRESERVATION, DOCUMENTATION, AND FINANCIAL INCENTIVES LIKE GRANTS AND TAX CREDITS AVAILABLE FOR HISTORIC PROPERTIES. OPPORTUNITY P24AS00541 AFRICAN AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS (AACR) IS A COMPETITIVE PHYSICAL PRESERVATION GRANT PROGRAM TO DOCUMENT AND PRESERVE THE SITES AND STORIES OF THE HISTORY OF THE AFRICAN AMERICAN STRUGGLE TO GAIN EQUAL RIGHTS AS CITIZENS FROM THE TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE FORWARD. PROJECTS ARE FOR HISTORIC SITES LISTED IN, OR ELIGIBLE FOR LISTING IN THE NATIONAL REGISTER, AND INCLUDE ARCHITECTURAL SERVICES, HISTORIC STRUCTURE REPORTS, PRESERVATION PLANS, AND PHYSICAL PRESERVATION TO STRUCTURES. BENEFICIARIES INCLUDE STATES, TRIBES, LOCAL GOVERNMENTS, AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS. THIS PROJECT IS AWARDED TO THE GREENWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION FOR REPAIR WINDOWS AND EXTERIOR MASONRY OF THE GREENWOOD COMMERCIAL BUILDINGS.

2019 HPF AACR - GREENWOOD COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CORP.

THE TULSA RACE RIOT MASSACRE OF 1921 IN THE GREENWOOD DISTRICT IS ETCHED IN THE HISTORY OF THE CITY, THE MEMORY OF THOSE WHO SURVIVED, AFRICAN AMERICAN COMMUNITIES NATIONALLY AND THE VERY BRICKS THEMSELVES DENIED REPARATIONS BY THE INSURANCE COMPANY BECAUSE THE DESTRUCTION WAS LABELED A RIOT , SURVIVORS FOUGHT A NEWLY IMPOSED ZONING REGULATION AND WON WHEN THE ORDINANCE WAS RULED UNCONSTITUTIONAL THE BUILDINGS PRESENTED HERE FOR MUCH NEEDED REPAIR TELL A STORY OF DETERMINATION, COLLECTIVE WILL, RENEWAL, AND RESILIENCE AND ARE ALL THAT REMAINS OF THE HEART OF BLACK WALL STREET PHASE 2 WORK WILL REPAIR STORE FRONTS AND BRICKWORK OF THE EAST AND WEST BUILDINGS IN THE 100 BLOCK OF N GREENWOOD AVENUE AND WILL ASSURE THAT THE STRUCTURES ARE SOUND, AND THE HISTORIC BRICKWORK IS PROTECTED THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING 22,000 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDS

PURPOSE: TO SUPPORT PERSONNEL, FACILITIES, AND MARKETING EXPENSES IN RESPONSE TO AND RECOVERY FROM THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC.

THE HISTORIC BUILDINGS OF THE 100 BLOCK OF NORTH GREENWOOD AVENUE REPRESENT THE AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE IN THE CITY FROM 1900 THROUGH TO THE PRESENT FOR MANY, THE STORY OF GREENWOOD IS ONLY ONE OF SUPPRESSED HISTORY SHAPED BY THE TRAGEDIES OF THE 1921 TULSA MASSACRE RIOTS, BUT FOR ITS THOUSANDS OF RESIDENTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS, THE HISTORICAL RECORD IS BOTH GEOGRAPHICALLY WIDER AND HISTORICALLY CONTINUOUS THIS EDUCATIONAL PROJECT LINKS GREENWOOD, THE BLACK TOWNSHIPS AND THE YOUNGER GENERATION THROUGH ORAL HISTORY INTERVIEWS THAT FOCUS ON THE WAYS IN WHICH GREENWOOD WAS LINKED TO THE BLACK TOWNSHIPS ECONOMIC, FAMILY, ROMANTIC, POLITICAL BY ILLUSTRATING CONNECTIVITY THROUGH STORYTELLING THE APPLICANT IS PROVIDING 4,336 IN ADDITIONAL FUNDING

CULTURAL PROGRAMMING ON GREENWOOD LED BY THE (GCDC)

MICROLOAN GRANT

TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE AWARD