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M.O.V.E. Gulf Coast CDC Receives $25,000 Design Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts

The Award Will Be Used to Advance Its Africatown Blueprint Initiative (Mobile, AL January 29, 2024) —M.O.V.E. Gulf Coast Community Development Corporation is pleased to announce it has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for  a $25,000 Design Grant that will support the continuing efforts of its Africatown Blueprint Initiative. Specifically, […]

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Competition Organizer Chosen As PolicyLink Spatial Futures Fellow

PolicyLink Announces M.O.V.E. Gulf Coast CDC’s President/CEO Vickii Howell As A Fellow in Its New Spatial Futures Initiative Eleven Community Leaders Across the Country Chosen to Be Part of Inaugural Class  (Mobile, AL,  January 11, 2024) — PolicyLink, one of the nation’s premier social justice organizations that advances economic and social equity policies for low-income

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And The Winners of The Africatown International Design Idea Competition Are . . . (Teams Updated July 19, 2023)

M.O.V.E. Gulf Coast CDC and studio|rotan, organizers of The Africatown International Design Idea Competition, released the names of winners chosen by a 16-panel jury of experts in architecture, history, archeology, and community development, including local Africatown leaders, led by New York-based architect Jack Travis, FAIA NOMAC. The names were announced during an awards ceremony Monday,

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Africatown International Design Idea Competition Winners to Be Announced During Juneteenth Celebrations in Mobile, Alabama

Unique Design Challenge the First to Apply World-Class Afrofuturism for Architecture, Culture, Heritage and Tourism in the Only 19th Century Settlement Built by Africans in the U.S.A. After the Civil War (Mobile, AL, June 5, 2023) – M.O.V.E. Gulf Coast CDC and studio|rotan will announce winners of The Africatown International Design Idea Competition during a

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The Africatown International Design Idea Competition Submissions Imagine An Afrocentric Future for Mobile’s Historic, Global Community

Unique Design Challenge the First to Apply World-Class Afrofuturistic Concepts for Culture, Heritage and Tourism in A Black Community Established by Africans in the U.S. (Mobile, AL, May 19, 2023) — The designs are in to The Africatown International Design Idea Competition, the world’s first multi-site design challenge centered on Afrocentric visuals and  architecture, created

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Competition Submission Deadline Extended 2 Weeks to February 2, 2023

(MOBILE, ALABAMA, January 19, 2023) —  WE’VE EXPERIENCED SOME TECHNICAL GLITCHES IN UPLOADING GLOBAL SUBMISSIONS. Therefore, to ensure that the submission process is fair for all, The Africatown International Design Idea Competition Organizers and Global Jury Chair are extending the submissions deadline for 2 weeks. We encourage ALL contestants to use this new deadline/time extension

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Competition Registration Deadline Extended to November 19, 2022

Competition Registration Extended toNovember 19, 2022 (MOBILE, ALABAMA, October 9, 2022) — Due to continuing demand to join this unique design challenge: The registration deadline has been extended to November 19, 2022; A Late Registration Fee of $25 dollars is now added to the initial registration fee of $100 per site; Thus, each new registration

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Africatown Selected As 1 Of 25 Global Sites to Be The Focus of the 2022 World Monuments Watch

(MOBILE, ALABAMA, March 2, 2022) — In 2022, the World Monuments Fund looked for nominations with clear potential to respond to the global challenges of climate change and its impact on the heritage places they value, imbalanced tourism, and the need to amplify underrepresented voices and cultural narratives. The Africatown Watch nomination and proposed plan

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Competition Registration Deadline Extended to September 19, 2022

By popular international demand, The Africatown International Design Idea Competition registration deadline of January 19, 2022, has been extended to September 19, 2022. We have attracted new major philanthropic partners with unprecedented international design reach across all continents, especially Africa: The World Monuments Fund, via the individual nomination of Professional Competition Organizer Renee Kemp-Rotan. This

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