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Title
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Local Upstart Non-Profit Looks to Renovate Historic Brant Castle
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Description
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Article announces that 2orMore, a nonprofit organization created by Daniel Edwards and Ebony Burnside, has started a project to restore and repurpose the former city workhouse located at 21st and Vine Streets in Kansas City. A history of Brant Castle, as the workhouse is also known, is provided. Edwards and Burnside are interviewed and state that the project has been divided into three phases. Phase one will handle cleanup of the site. Phase two will establish a community garden and outdoor space at the site. Lastly, phase three will deal with restoration of the structure's interior and the creation of a community use space.
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2014-05-16
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
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Capturing the Castle
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Description
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Article describes the efforts of volunteers working to restore the Vine Street Workhouse, otherwise known as the Castle, located at 2001 Vine Street. Daniel and Ebony Edwards are interviewed and describe their decision to found 2orMore, a non profit organization directed at redeveloping the Workhouse as a community center. Representatives from the Kansas City Business Center for Entrepreneurial Development, the organization that owns the property, as well as the Mutual Musicians Foundation are interviewed and describe their organizations' involvement with the restoration project.
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Date
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2014-06-26
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Object Type
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Newspaper Article
