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New Haven committee approves application for state planning grant to study HBCU options
Summary
The New Haven Board of Alders' education committee voted to apply for up to $250,000 in state planning funds, with a proposed $50,000 city match, to study models — from a new campus to a nonprofit consortium — for establishing a Historically Black college or partnered HBCU programming in New Haven.
The New Haven Board of Alders' education committee voted Wednesday to seek a Connecticut Department of Economic and Community Development planning grant of up to $250,000, with a proposed $50,000 city match, to study options for establishing a Historically Black college or a consortium-linked HBCU presence in the city.
The application — listed on the agenda as item LM20260044 — asks permission to pursue Community Investment Fund planning dollars to underwrite a feasibility and governance study for the initiative. A presenter for the proposal said the grant request would fund planning activities and that applying does not commit the city to construction or immediate spending.
"This is not a commitment to build; we are asking for permission to go for these funds," the Presenter said…
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