Part of Bronzeville’s former Wabash YMCA, a historic building known as the birthplace of Black History Month, is being restored thanks to a grant from a federal African American civil rights program.
The $436,375 grant will go to the Renaissance Collaborative, a community-based social services organization headquartered in the former Wabash YMCA. The collaborative was founded in 1992 to save the landmark from being demolished. The grant comes from the Historic Preservation Fund, a federal grant program administered by the National Park Service.
