By Lynn Trimple – PhoenixNewTimes.com – Photo: Lynn Trimble.
Photo: Looking past the North Building located next to Phoenix Center for the Arts.
The Latino Cultural Center project is being put on pause as the city of Phoenix, Arizona, addresses challenges posed by COVID-19. The city approved nearly $1.4 million in bond funding to renovate and expand a downtown museum of Chicano culture in 2001 but redirected those funds to launching a Latino Cultural Center after the museum closed in 2009. An ad hoc committee created in February 2019 held a virtual meeting on April 27, which included a presentation by Mitch Menchaca, who heads the city’s office of arts and culture.
