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Trust approves TIF allocations to support Clara Luper Civil Rights Center construction
Summary
The Trust approved allocations from TIF 9 and TIF 15 totaling up to $500,000 to help fund the Clara Luper Civil Rights Center (MAPS 4 project); city staff said the funds would primarily support exhibitry and storytelling elements that were removed from an earlier base bid after budget reductions.
The Oklahoma City Economic Development Trust on July 29 approved joint resolutions allocating up to $350,000 from TIF 9 and up to $150,000 from TIF 15 to help fund construction and exhibit elements for the MAPS 4 Clara Luper Civil Rights Center. Christina Beatty, executive director of the Freedom Center of Oklahoma City and the project operator, presented the site layout, program uses and revised budget.
Beatty said the new construction will be just over 17,000 square feet between Madison and 24th (stretching to 25th) along North Martin Luther King Avenue, immediately south of the historic Freedom Center building. The facility includes a divisible main event space…
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