The nonprofit group The Family Center of Hope has failed to deliver on its promise of building a community center at Washington and Broad streets — a project backed by $2.7 million in federal funds routed through the city and state. But that hasn’t stopped the city from awarding the politically connected nonprofit another $40,000 from the city’s NOLA for Life anti-violence effort. The Family Center of Hope started working on the community center in 2007. It’s still not finished. Due to legal disputes, no work has been completed in more than a year. The contractor claims the nonprofit owes him more than $900,000. Those legal disputes have caused the city and state to hold off on issuing checks for $250,000 for the community center, according to a lawsuit the Family Center filed against the project’s architect.
Posted on: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 21:44:01 +0000
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