I was reading in @gmoomaw's @RichmonderNews story that the city took $1.3 million out of its Affordable Housing Trust Fund "to support ongoing efforts to build a slavery museum and historic site in Shockoe Bottom."
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I'm wondering: Is that the same $1.3 million mentioned in this VPM story: "At the time, the city allocated $1.3 million to create a foundation to shepherd the museum project"
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Was that for the National Slavery Museum Foundation, which says it "re-applied for 501c3 non-profit status on November 17, 2020, and it has been granted. The statuse [sic] was application was made in anticipation of operations that are expected to begin sometime in calendar year
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What's the latest on this foundation? Hard to find anything anywhere. How was that $1.3 million used?
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It sounds like the city is working on a plan to resume its suspended auctions of tax-delinquent properties and perhaps figure out how to use the rest of the money sitting in the Affordable Housing Trust Fund.
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