| CH-51106-13 | Challenge Programs: Challenge Grants | Arkansas State University, Main Campus | Historic Dyess Colony: A New Deal Farm Experiment | 12/1/2011 - 12/31/2016 | $500,000.00 | Ruth | A. | Hawkins | | | | Arkansas State University, Main Campus | Jonesboro | AR | 72403-0600 | USA | 2012 | Museum Studies or Historical Preservation | Challenge Grants | Challenge Programs | 0 | 500000 | 0 | 500000 | 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. |