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Friends of Washington Park, Christiansburg Institute seek grant and city support to rehabilitate caretaker’s cottage
Summary
Friends of Washington Park and the Christiansburg Institute Inc. urged council to support rehabilitation of the 19th-century caretaker’s cottage, said they will submit a grant proposal to the Department of Historic Resources’ BIPOC program, and described plans for a community charrette and a June nomination.
Speakers representing Friends of Washington Park and the Christiansburg Institute Inc. asked the council to support rehabilitation of the caretaker’s cottage in Booker T. Washington Park and described plans to pursue grant funding and community engagement.
Kathy Carter, speaking for Friends of Washington Park, thanked council and city staff for permission to apply for federal grants and said the group plans a charrette to gather community input. “We are planning a charrette that will…
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