The City of Greensboro is continuing its efforts to preserve and highlight local Civil Rights history through a $75,000 African American Civil Rights grant project, and city officials are inviting residents to an upcoming community meeting later this month.
The meeting will be held from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. on Thursday, May 28, in the fellowship hall of the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer.
According to the city, residents attending the meeting will be able to receive updates on the project and learn more about historic preservation tools and programs.
The initiative is funded through the National Park Service’s Historic Preservation Fund and is intended to support the documentation of stories and locations connected to Greensboro’s role in the Civil Rights Movement.
As part of the effort, nominations are being prepared to place two historically significant sites – the Episcopal Church of the Redeemer and Gillespie Golf Course – on the National Register of Historic Places.
City leaders and Guilford County staff and commissioners are expected to provide updates on the nomination process for those properties during the meeting.
Officials also plan to share information on historic preservation resources and programs – including Greensboro and National Register Historic Districts, the Guilford County Landmark Program, state and federal rehabilitation tax credits and the Heritage Community Program.
According to city officials, previous grant-funded studies have included updating the Downtown Greensboro National Register Historic District to include mid-20th century architecture and Civil Rights history, surveying historic buildings in east and southeast Greensboro, and adding the South Benbow Road Historic District to the National Register of Historic Places.
Questions about the project should be directed to Russ Clegg at Russ.Clegg@greensboro-nc.gov.
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