All wanted to transform Clinton Church into a community gathering place that would preserve its history, honor civil rights leader W.E.B. Du Bois, and retain enough space for performances and other events.
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Bits & Bytes: Clinton Church Restoration completes church purchase; unpublished Wharton play discovered; Jackson receives arts award; Morningside Up fundraising dinner
Planning for the ultimate use of the historic A.M.E. Zion Church and a sustainable future for the property is also underway.
Clinton Church Restoration surpasses goal of $100,000 before March 31 deadline
“We made it. We have reached the first step on the ladder. We have raised enough to purchase and secure the building.”
— Wray Gunn, longtime member of the Clinton Church and chair of Clinton Church Restoration (CCR)
Bits & Bytes: Clinton Church meeting; Berkshire Human Rights Speaker Series; caregiver seminar; authors sought for book festival; Berkshire South Swim-A-Thon
To date, Clinton Church Restoration has raised just over half of the $100,000 needed to purchase the building and cover initial operating costs. The organization is under contract to purchase the decommissioned church with a deadline of Friday, March 31, to complete the transaction.