D.C. Allocates $20M for Alexander Crummell Community Center Transition

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D.C. Allocates $20M for Alexander Crummell Community Center Transition

After years of campaigning, Empower DC and its Ivy City members recently reached a critical milestone in their decadeslong fight to get the city to fix and reopen the historic building as a community center.

The post D.C. Allocates $20M for Alexander Crummell Community Center Transition appeared first on The Washington Informer.

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