AT A GLANCE: COMMUNIT Y CENTER IMPACT The Forest Theater Project Awarded TREC’s Inaugural Dallas Catalyst Grant This is an exciting time for South Dallas!
space along Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard. Exterior
The Real Estate Council (TREC) announced last fall that the Forest Theater Project - a collaboration between CitySquare, Cornerstone Baptist Church, and St. Philip’s School & Community Center - is the recipient of its inaugural Dallas Catalyst Project Grant, a three-year, $1 million TREC Foundation initiative to revitalize a Dallas neighborhood. The project was one of forty submitted for consideration by more than 150 nonprofits and includes pro-bono professional services.
Church and an innovative communal space installed using the canopy of the 1-45 bridge. “Our hope is that this project will truly serve as a catalyst for transformation,” says Perot Family Headmaster, Dr. Terry J. Flowers, who noted that TREC has a solid history of supporting projects in the southern sector. “Along with the GrowSouth initiative, the Forest Theater Project not only represents a new era of neighborhood, economic, and
Through this concerted effort, the iconic Forest Theater,
even cultural revitalization of the South Dallas/Fair Park
once a destination for film and culture in South Dallas,
community we love and serve, but is a prime example of the
will undergo renovation, along with the adjacent retail
strength of community collaboration.”
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improvements will also be made to Cornerstone Baptist
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