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Xcel Energy donation aids historic North Heights venue A
By Douglas Clark
venue described as a longtime North Heights neighborhood hub fostering community cohesiveness has received a $15,000 award from Xcel Energy to help bolster programming efforts. Officials said the Black Historical Cultural Center, located at 901 N. Hayden St. and established in 1992 by the Amarillo United Citizens Forum, has played an essential role in Black history and culture preservation here. “This facility and the nonprofit that operates it have done so much to enrich community life, not just in north Amarillo, but for the city at large,” Brad Baldridge, Xcel Energy director of Customer and Community Relations noted via a media release statement. “A younger generation of leaders is reinvigorating the center’s programs and building pride in a historic part of the city where citizens are organizing and working to improve the quality of life.”
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AMARILLO.COM/AMARILLO-MAGAZINE • MARCH 2021
