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Dublin Core
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Title
Parramore Collection
Alternative Title
Parramore Collection
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Description
Bordered on the east by Division Street and on the west by Orange Blossom Trail (OBT), the Parramore began as an agricultural community. Parramore was historically a segregated African-American community and now comprises three separate downtown neighborhoods: Lake Dot, Callahan, and Holden-Parramore.<br /><br />Once an economically thriving area and the home of many prominent black businesses and institutions, including the Wells’ Built Hotel, South Street Casino, and Wallace’s Beauty Mill, Parramore suffered under Jim Crow segregation, and has lost 65 percent of its population in the last 50 years. It is now one of Orlando’s poorest neighborhoods, with an unemployment rate of 23.8 percent in 2015. However, neighborhood institutions like the Well's Built Museum of African American History and Culture, housed in the historic Wells’ Built Hotel, have worked to preserve memorabilia from Orlando’s African-American community and the local civil rights movement. Current plans to revitalize the Parramore area focus on maintaining its black heritage and culture while building new businesses, schools, and improved housing.
Still Image
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Title
Applicants for the Holden Heights Front Porch Grant at Grand Avenue Park
Alternative Title
Applicants for Holden Heights Front Porch Grant
Subject
Orlando (Fla.)
Urban renewal--Florida
Description
Members of the Parramore community applying for the Holden Heights Front Porch Grant at Grand Avenue Park in Downtown Orlando, Florida, in 1999. On the left side of the picnic table, from front to back, the photograph depicts: Allison Hewitt, representing the Front Porch Initiative from the Governor's office in Tallahassee; an unidentified community member; Dedra Jenkins, the donor of this photograph; and another unidentified community member. On the right side of the picnic table, from front to back, the photograph depicts: Nancy Rivera; Kathy King; representing the City of Orlando Neighborhood Services; Debrah McCormick; and Mary Handratty. Standing up on the right side of the photograph, from front to back, the photograph depicts: Sharlene Mitchell, representing Safe Neighborhood Council; an unidentified community member; Randall Grief representing the Orange Blossom Trail Development Board; and another unidentified community member.<br /><br />The grant equipped communities who received this designation with the ability to communicate and navigate the state and local governments. It took community members 30 days to put the grant together, and they eventually received the Holden Heights Front Porch Grant from Governor Jeb Bush (b. 1953).This photograph was originally discarded, along with other similar photographs, and then found by a local resident near the Emmanuel Fellowship and Worship Center, which is located at the former site of Restore Orlando. The collection was given to the contributor, Dedra Jenkins.
Type
Still Image
Source
Original 3 x 5 inch color photograph, 1999: Private Collection of Dedra Jenkins.
Is Part Of
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/omeka2/collections/show/180" target="_blank">Parramore Collection</a>, Orlando Collection, Orange County Collection, RICHES of Central Florida.
Is Format Of
Digital reproduction of original 3 x 5 inch color photograph, 1999.
Coverage
Grand Avenue Park, Holden Heights, Downtown Orlando, Florida
Contributor
Jenkins, Dedra
Date Created
1999
Format
image/jpg
Medium
3 x 5 inch color photograph
Mediator
History Teacher
Civics/Government Teacher
Geography Teacher
Provenance
Originally owned by Dedra Jenkins.
Rights Holder
Copyright to this resource is held by Dedra Jenkins and is provided here by <a href="http://riches.cah.ucf.edu/" target="_blank">RICHES of Central Florida</a> for educational purposes only.
Accrual Method
Donation
Contributing Project
Parramore History Harvest
Curator
Raffel, Sara
Digital Collection
<a href="https://richesmi.cah.ucf.edu/map/" target="_blank">RICHES MI</a>
Source Repository
Private Collection of Dedra Jenkins
External Reference
Thompson, Geraldine Fortenberry. <a href="http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/52899041" target="_blank"><em>Orlando Florida</em></a>. Charleston, SC: Arcadia, 2003.
"<a href="http://www.orl-oha.org/carver_park_update.htm" target="_blank">Carver Park: An Orlando Housing Authority HOPE VI Community</a>." Orlando Housing Authority. Accessed 13 April 2016. http://www.orl-oha.org/carver_park_update.htm.
Shanklin, Mary. "<a href="http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-09-12/news/0909110187_1_carver-park-carver-court-downtown-orlando" target="_blank">Grand Opening of Carver Park</a>." <em>The Orlando Sentinel</em>, September 12, 2009. Accessed 13 April 2016. http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2009-09-12/news/0909110187_1_carver-park-carver-court-downtown-orlando.
Allison Hewitt
City of Orlando Neighborhood Services
Debrah McCormick
Dedra Jenkins
governments
Grand Avenue Park
grants
Holden Heights
Holden Heights Front Porch Grant
Holden-Parramore Historic District
Kathy King
Mary Handratty
Nancy Rivera
Orange Blossom Trail Development Board
orlando
Parramore
Randall Grief
Safe Neighborhood Council
Sharlene Mitchell