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SUMMARY:Rondo Plaza Groundbreaking
DESCRIPTION:Join us in commemorating the Rondo Neighborhood. \nGroundbreaking Ceremony for the Rondo Commemorative Plaza\nOn Friday\, October 14\, at 1:30 pm join us for the Groundbreaking Ceremony for the Rondo Commemorative Plaza. The soon-to-be constructed Rondo Commemorative Plaza (RCP) creates both a physical landmark and virtual experience where visitors learn the story of the Rondo neighborhood. This project will transform a vacant plot of land into a focal point\, preserving and sharing local history. \n\nA vacant lot on Concordia Avenue – formerly Rondo Avenue — will be the site of a groundbreaking ceremony for the Rondo Commemorative Plaza. The event takes place on October 14 at 1:30 pm. at 820 Concordia Avenue (at Fisk Street) in Saint Paul. \nThe ceremony will be open to the public. There will be a reception from 4:00-6:00 pm at the Hallie Q. Brown Community Center\, 270 N. Kent Street\, Saint Paul\, MN. The public will be able to review and purchase naming opportunities to etch their names in various locations at the plaza. \nEvent website \nThe lot looks out upon I-94\, the freeway that destroyed the thriving Rondo Neighborhood\, which for many years was the home to nearly 80 percent of the African Americans in the city. The Plaza will engage visitors with a multi-media presentation that includes audio-video remembrances of the social\, political and cultural life of the “Golden Age” of Rondo. \n“The destruction of Rondo was a wound that has never quite healed\,” said Marvin Anderson\, project coordinator and co-founder of Rondo Avenue Inc. “This plaza is an attempt to move forward into an era of reconciliation\, and a future that welcomes a growing diversity of immigrant communities to the neighborhood.” \nThe keynote speaker will be a son of Rondo\, David V. Taylor\, Ph.D.\, a historian and former dean of the General College of the University of Minnesota will deliver remarks: Hallowed Ground: Sites of African American Memories. Emcee for the program will be T. Mychael Rambo. \nFunds for the purchase of the land and the construction of the plaza came from a $250\,000 Community Block Development Grant from the City of Saint Paul\, and financial support from the F. G. Bigelow Foundation\, Mardag Foundation\, Saint Paul Foundation\, Knight Family Foundation\, 3M African-American Employee Network and the Price Family Foundation. \nFor more information about the project\, see the website. \n  \n\n 
URL:https://rchs.com/event/rondo-plaza-groundbreaking/
LOCATION:Unnamed Venue\, 820 Concordia Avenue\, Saint Paul \, MN\, 55104\, United States
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