Arkansas State University, Main Campus (Jonesboro, AR 72403-0600)
Ruth A. Hawkins (Project Director: May 2012 to April 2017)
CH-51106-13
Challenge Grants
Challenge Programs
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Totals (matching):
$500,000 (approved)
$500,000 (offered)
$500,000 (awarded)
Grant period:
12/1/2011 – 12/31/2016
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Historic Dyess Colony: A New Deal Farm Experiment
Restoration of buildings at the Historic Dyess Colony, an agricultural resettlement colony during the New Deal era that aided in recovery from the Great Depression.
This 3:1 Challenge Grant would restore/recreate historic buildings in the Dyess Colony, a New Deal era agricultural resettlement community. The restored Administration Building, Dyess theater reconstruction, and restored Johnny Cash Boyhood Home would serve as a museum and educational complex for humanities programming.
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