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Nine free programs at the state of Delaware’s downtown Dover museums during November 2014

Events held on Nov. 1 in conjunction with First Saturday in the First State; on Nov. 4 in celebration of Election Day; and on Nov. 11 in commemoration of Veteran’s Day.




Governor Markell Tours Jazz Court Apartments

Governor Jack Markell joined Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) Director Anas Ben Addi, Representative Stephanie Bolden, in addition to representatives from the City of Wilmington, The Michaels Development Company, Bank of America and Architectural Alliance, for a tour of Jazz Court Apartments, a new affordable 44-unit three-story apartment building located in Wilmington. This project is part of a master plan created by Banc of America Community Development Corporation and its development partners, utilizing a former Brownfield site remediated and donated by Bank of America to its partners. The project will also include 17 homeownership townhomes to be built by Inter-Neighborhood Foundation and Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County.




“William Penn Day” at Delaware’s New Castle Court House Museum on Oct. 25, 2014

Day-long series of activities commemorating the 332nd anniversary of Penn’s Oct. 27, 1682 disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.




Museums of the state of Delaware to feature 19 free programs in November 2014

“The People’s House,” candle-making workshops, and Dutch-American Heritage Day to be featured.




“A Day in the Life of the John Dickinson Plantation” in Dover, Del. on Oct. 11, 2014

The sounds of muskets and dueling swords, the scents of hearth-cooking and potpourri-making, and the visual beauty of silhouette artistry will all be featured.







 Pages Tagged With: "quality of life"

Nine free programs at the state of Delaware’s downtown Dover museums during November 2014

Events held on Nov. 1 in conjunction with First Saturday in the First State; on Nov. 4 in celebration of Election Day; and on Nov. 11 in commemoration of Veteran’s Day.




Governor Markell Tours Jazz Court Apartments

Governor Jack Markell joined Delaware State Housing Authority (DSHA) Director Anas Ben Addi, Representative Stephanie Bolden, in addition to representatives from the City of Wilmington, The Michaels Development Company, Bank of America and Architectural Alliance, for a tour of Jazz Court Apartments, a new affordable 44-unit three-story apartment building located in Wilmington. This project is part of a master plan created by Banc of America Community Development Corporation and its development partners, utilizing a former Brownfield site remediated and donated by Bank of America to its partners. The project will also include 17 homeownership townhomes to be built by Inter-Neighborhood Foundation and Habitat for Humanity of New Castle County.




“William Penn Day” at Delaware’s New Castle Court House Museum on Oct. 25, 2014

Day-long series of activities commemorating the 332nd anniversary of Penn’s Oct. 27, 1682 disembarkment at New Castle, his first landing in the New World.




Museums of the state of Delaware to feature 19 free programs in November 2014

“The People’s House,” candle-making workshops, and Dutch-American Heritage Day to be featured.




“A Day in the Life of the John Dickinson Plantation” in Dover, Del. on Oct. 11, 2014

The sounds of muskets and dueling swords, the scents of hearth-cooking and potpourri-making, and the visual beauty of silhouette artistry will all be featured.