Press Advisory: Congressman Cohen to Speak at The Foote Park at South City Ribbon Cutting

MEMPHIS – Congressman Steve Cohen (TN-9) will attend and speak at The Foote Park at South City Community Homes on Thursday, October 9. Congressman Cohen secured $750,000 for the final phase of the project on the site of the former Foote Homes through the annual appropriations process. The effort began in 2015 when Congressman Cohen secured a $30 million grant under President Obama’s Choice Neighborhoods Program.

What: A ribbon cutting at The Foote Park at South City VI Community Homes

Who: Congressman Cohen; Ellen Eubank, CNI Project Manager, Memphis Housing Authority; Mayor Paul Young, City of Memphis; Ralph Perrey, Executive Director, Tennessee Housing Development Agency; Denise Cleveland-Leggett, Southeast Regional Administrator, U.S. Department of Housing & Urban Development; Dexter Washington, Chief Executive Officer, Memphis Housing Authority; Archie Willis, Founder & President, ComCap Partners; Eva Mosby, Regional Vice President, Urban Strategies Inc.; Tierra Bell, South City Resident; Shante Avant, President & CEO, Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis; and Emily Bernstein, Senior Vice President, McCormack Baron Salazar

When: Thursday, October 9, at 10:30 a.m.

Where: 430 South Danny Thomas Boulevard

Please RSVP to Congressman Cohen’s Communications Director at Bartholomew.Sullivan@mail.house.gov

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