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Fort Worth's planned National Juneteenth Museum is designed by the New York office of Denmark-based Bjarke Ingels Group. [Rendering courtesy City of Fort Worth]
Bank of America Awards $1M Grant to Fort Worth’s National Juneteenth Museum
by David Seeley | Jul 25, 2023
"The National Juneteenth Museum will be a social and economic anchor in Fort Worth that will serve as a catalyst for community education and growth," Mike Pavell, Bank of America Fort Worth president, said in announcing the $1 million grant.
by Lance Murray |
May 2, 2023
Former Fort Worth Chamber of Commerce executive Jarred Howard worked behind the scenes for over seven years to spark the vision of building a National Juneteenth Museum to support economic revitalization in the surrounding Southside community. As CEO, he'll be responsible for operations, construction, and accelerating fundraising to achieve the museum’s $70 million campaign goal.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 28, 2023
Demolition has begun at the museum's site in Fort Worth's Historic Southside neighborhood, with plans to break ground for the museum later this year. At a media event Saturday, the museum's new executive strategist, Dr. Lauren Cross (seen above with Opal Lee), was introduced and new renderings of the museum were unveiled.
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by David Seeley |
Feb 9, 2023
A portrait of Fort Worth's Opal Lee—known as the "Grandmother of Juneteenth" for her advocacy of the federal Juneteenth holiday—was unveiled Wednesday in the Texas Senate Chamber in Austin, where it will be permanently displayed.
“Change somebody’s mind because minds can be changed,” 95-year-old Lee told reporters after the ceremony, according to NBC DFW. “If people have been taught to hate they can be taught to love, and it is up to you to do it.”
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Rebecca Montgomery's appointment comes on the heels of the chamber's hiring of Jarred Howard as senior VP of small business and entrepreneurial support.
Fort Worth Chamber Adds Senior VP for Advocacy
by Lance Murray | Mar 21, 2018
Rebecca Montgomery's appointment comes on the heels of the chamber's hiring of Jarred Howard as senior VP of small business and entrepreneurial support.
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by Lance Murray |
Mar 20, 2018
Jarred Howard will establish the Start-Up Fort Worth Foundation; work with the city on incubators and innovation labs; and develop free entrepreneur and small business support services.
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