VUU receives $1M grant to help renovation of Industrial Hall
5/27/2021, 6 p.m.
Virginia Union University has been awarded a $1 million grant to support its efforts to develop a planned Center for African-American History and Culture in the long vacant Industrial Hall on campus.
The state Department of Historic Resources awarded the grant to the City of Richmond, which is to provide the funding to VUU. City Council approved the arrangement on Monday.
VUU President Hakim J. Lucas has been trying to raise money to create a place “to preserve historical artifacts and become a community space for discussing race relations and reconciliation” since he announced the center two years ago.
The state previously provided a $400,000 grant from its industrial revitalization fund for the development.
