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Montgomery receives $75,000 National Park Service grant to research Mobile Heights and Carver Park nominations
Summary
The mayor announced a $75,000 National Park Service grant to survey Mobile Heights and Carver Park for potential National Register of Historic Places nominations, noting the neighborhoods' post-World War II segregated history and proximity to the Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail.
The mayor (name not specified) announced that Montgomery City has received a $75,000 grant from the National Park Service to support surveys and research that could help the Mobile Heights and Carver Park neighborhoods earn nominations to the National Register of Historic Places.
The mayor said the neighborhoods are post-World War II segregated residential communities adjacent to the Selma To Montgomery National Historic Trail and were associated with Federal Housing Administration–era segregated housing and the civil rights movement. He tied the announcement to Black History Month and noted that the National Park Service's Underrepresented Communities grant program — created by Congress in 2014 — has provided $8,250,000 to state and tribal historic-preservation offices, certified local governments and nonprofit organizations to expand the National Register through surveys and nominations.
The mayor encouraged residents to participate in Black History Month events at libraries, museums and other community venues and noted that the city will carry out the survey work with the NPS funding.
No formal council action on the grant was recorded in the transcript.
