Willingboro Community Development Corporation (2025)
Location: Willingboro
Website: https://www.thewcdc.org/
Grant Round: 2025 Round 1
Award: Action / $15,000
Purpose: To support “Futuro House Chronicles: Bridging History, Architecture, and Community,” an exhibition, oral history, and archival research project exploring the historical and architectural significance of Willingboro’s “Futuro House.”
“Chronicles” is a project dedicated to exploring the historical and architectural significance of the Futuro House in Willingboro, NJ. Through archival research, oral histories, and community engagement, the project will investigate the house’s mid-20th-century origins, its influence on the town’s identity, and its broader cultural and societal impacts. “Chronicles” will engage residents in creative explorations of history, art, and architecture, culminating in a compelling display at the town library to preserve and share this important piece of local heritage.
The project will build off of work completed under a previous NJCH Incubation Grant.
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