Ferguson Empowerment Center

New Markets Tax Credit Coalition

Saint Louis,
MO
(2016)

Ferguson Empowerment Center

Adult Education, College or Vocational Training, Community, Daycare and Early Childhood, Mixed-use, Nonprofit Hub, Salvation Army, Youth and Families

Multi-nonprofit community empowerment center on the site of the vandalized QuikTrip during the Ferguson unrest now serves thousands of low-income people annually through job training/placement, financial literacy, and other empowerment programs.

Investment

NMTC Amount: $5,790,000
Total Project Cost: $5,790,000

IMPACT

22 FTE jobs
28 construction jobs

CDEs

Heartland Regional Investment Fund

Investor

US Bank

Project Description

Multi-nonprofit community empowerment center on the site of the vandalized QuikTrip during the Ferguson unrest, which is expected to serve thousands of LIPs annually through job training/placement, financial literacy, and other empowerment programs. Also Salvation Army owns a portion of this project as they invested in it.

MAP

Address: 9420 West Florissant Avenue, Saint Louis, MO 63136

Census Tract: 29189212002

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