Via: defendernetwork.com
The City of Houston will soon launch a capital campaign calling on Houstonians to help fund an $18 million makeover of Emancipation Park.
The effort has been heralded as an attempt to position the park as a monument to the city’s African-American history, and as ground reclaimed for families, cultural events and Third Ward redevelopment.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently awarded $1 million to the city’s Parks and Recreation Department to renovate and expand the park, adding to the forward movement of the project.
The 10-acre park, located on Dowling Street in Third Ward is considered a local landmark because of the central role it has played in the development of Black Houston.
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