Flats Plan Advanced by Council
The City of Beloit is closer than ever before to accomplishing a development that would revitalize and transform the historical Fairbanks Flats property. The City...Read More
View ArticleFairbanks Flats Class Combines Politics and Theater
Beloit College students have the chance to learn about local history from residents, participate in community politics and create something artistic out of their experience...Read More
View ArticleCompany Presents Design Plans for Flats
Fairbanks Flats properties could be transformed into 16 townhouses. After years of pushing for the salvaging and redevelopment of the historic Fairbanks Flats property, those...Read More
View ArticleRe-born: 1920s ‘Flats’ Home to Have New Future
After years of disrepair and what often seemed like little hope for redevelopment, the future of Beloit’s Fairbanks Flats property looks brighter than it has...Read More
View ArticleGORMAN & COMPANY TO BREAK GROUND ON HISTORIC WORKER HOUSING PROJECT
Fairbanks Flats Rowhomes to be transformed into 16 attractive riverside apartments Beloit, October 16, 2007 WHO: Gorman & Company, the Wisconsin Housing and Economic Development...Read More
View Article‘A Lot of Pride’
‘Flats’ project culmination of hard work With a can-do attitude and resilient spirit, anything is possible – at least that was the message sent at...Read More
View ArticleFairbanks Flats, A Success Story
Hard work, patience behind preservation of history. WE ADMIT IT: The Daily News was among the skeptics who thought the dreams of the Fairbanks Flats...Read More
View Article‘Flats’ grant OK’d
The Beloit City Council voted to turn a no-interest loan toward the Fairbank Flats project into a grant Monday night during a special meeting, but...Read More
View ArticleMiss Lula Belle’s Stories Just Grow
She made her way to me before I had a chance to introduce myself. In the midst of the crowd, she had picked me out...Read More
View ArticleHistory reborn at ‘The Flats’
Back in 1999, when a small group of people dreamed of resurrecting an important part of Beloit’s history, there were plenty of doubters. Nine years...Read More
View ArticleFairbanks Flats Available to Rent
Economic conditions had delayed the tenant application process for units Though construction on the resurrected Fairbanks Flats was finished by last October, the company spearheading...Read More
View ArticleAffordable Housing Redevelopment, Fairbanks Flats Rowhomes, Preserves...
Only Building Site in Wisconsin Ever Constructed for Segregated Company Housing Is Preserved; Now Offers Affordable Housing Option During Troubled Economic Times MADISON, WI –...Read More
View ArticleSegregated African-American Housing in Wisconsin Now Rent-to-Own
In Beloit, Wisconsin, Fairbanks Flats are a rare example of segregated company housing, the only known community housing built exclusively for black workers in the...Read More
View ArticleFlats grand opening to be held
A project years in the making will be celebrated Saturday with the grand opening and ribbon-cutting of the historic Fairbanks Flats Rowhomes. The Fairbanks Flats...Read More
View ArticleFormer World War I Segregated Housing Renovated
Fairbanks Flats Now Townhomes For Low- To Moderate-Income Families BELOIT, Wis. — A fascinating piece of history remains somewhat intact in Beloit as developers kept...Read More
View ArticleNew Colts coach to visit Beloit for housing grand opening
NFL head coach, Jim Caldwell, helps mark 1917 Fairbanks Flats Rowhomes’ rebirth and redevelopment into affordable townhouses. Beloit, Wis (PRWEB) June 19, 2009 — Today...Read More
View ArticleStory of Fairbanks Flats should ‘never be forgotten’
Lula Belle Brown grew up in Beloit’s Fairbanks Flats and wishes all the children who once lived in the concrete-block apartments could see them now....Read More
View ArticleThe National Trust for Historic Preservation Presents its National...
Restored Historic African-American Housing Complex Spurs Community Nashville, Tennessee Today, the National Trust for Historic Preservation presented its National Trust/Housing and Urban Development...
View ArticleRestored Historic African-American Housing Complex Spurs Community
The National Trust for Historic Preservation Presents its National Trust/Housing and Urban Development Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Historic Preservation to the Fairbanks Flats Rowhomes...Read More
View ArticleBuilding Communities, Saving History
Visit the office of Gorman & Company and you will know they are serious about historic preservation. The red brick building, a former schoolhouse built...Read More
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