Daily News | A key Southwest Philadelphia block is reimagined as a boon for a revamped ‘Africatown’
A nonprofit and business leaders hope the revitalization at 55th Street and Chester Avenue will spur investment
It’s a transformation Jabateh, the founder and CEO of the nonprofit African Cultural Alliance of North America, has been— a way of revitalizing a section of the city he calls Africatown — that will be underway in a matter of months. As of last month, Jabateh’s closer to that vision than ever. Lawmakers presented ACANA with $9 million in state grants from the Redevelopment Assistance Capital Program. The money is for a new headquarters for ACANA, called the Africa Center. Construction for this initial phase of the project is set to begin at the end of February and is estimated to cost $16 million.
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