THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION AND ADAPTIVE REUSE OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF THE HISTORIC FORMER WA…
Federal financial assistance recorded from USAspending. This is not a procurement contract.
Assistance award details
- Assistance award identifier
- ASST_NON_P22AP02027_014
- FAIN
- P22AP02027
- Recipient
- RENAISSANCE COLLABORATIVE INC
- Awarding agency
- Department of the Interior
- Funding agency
- Department of the Interior
- Assistance listing (CFDA)
- 15.904
- Total obligated
- $436,375
- Period
- Aug 1, 2022 – Aug 31, 2025
- Fiscal year
- 2022
- Place of performance state
- IL
- Source file
- FY2022_All_Assistance_Full_20261006.zip
Description
THIS GRANT WILL SUPPORT THE PRESERVATION AND ADAPTIVE REUSE OF 20,000 SQUARE FEET OF THE HISTORIC FORMER WABASH YMCA BUILDING THIS 81,000 SQUARE FEET BUILDING WAS THE FIRST HOME IN THE NORTH FOR THOUSANDS OF AFRICAN AMERICAN MEN DURING THE GREAT MIGRATION WHO HAD MOVED FROM THE SOUTH SEEKING ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY AND A REPRIEVE FROM RACIAL DISCRIMINATION FOR THE FIRST HALF OF THE 20TH CENTURY, THE WABASH YMCA SERVED AS THE HEART OF SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC PROGRESS FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS IN CHICAGO, PROVIDING HOUSING, JOB TRAINING, MEETING SPACES, AND RECREATIONAL FACILITIES THE BUILDING REQUIRES NEW FLOORING, LEAK REPAIRS, AND THE REPAIR OF A MURAL ENTITLED MIND, BODY, AND SPIRIT PAINTED BY WILLIAM EDOUARD SCOTT IN 1936 THE FORMER WABASH YMCA WILL BE USED FOR EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES FOR COMMUNITY INTERACTION AND EDUCATION