June 15th, 2010
The proposed Jackson Family Center and the home of the Michael Jackons Museum will not push out the Garly Lighthouse Charter School. Located near the South Gleason Golf Course, the school sits on the same area of land that was promised to the Jackson Family. According to City Hall, the land agreement should have stipulated 25 acres instead of 30, leaving room for the charter school.
The Jackson Family Foundation is planning to build a $300 million museum and event center for the late Michael Jackson.
June 14th, 2010
Michael Jackson visited Gary, Indiana in 2003 to talk about the museum, but there wasn’t any progress until the singer passed away on June 25th 2009. Now the project seems to be charging ahead and construction could begin next year and has a cost of nearly $300 million. This museum is expected to bring thousands of jobs and draw millions of people. The project is being funded by private investors and donations.
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June 2nd, 2010
Gary, Indiana-Mayor Rudy Clay and members of the Jackson Family Foundation including Joe Jackson, will hold a Press Conference on Wednesday, June 2, 2010 to announce a major move forward in his quest for the construction of a Jackson Family Museum and a Michael Jackson Performing Arts Center in the city of Gary.
The Press Conference is scheduled for 11:00 a.m. at the Genesis Convention Center located at One Genesis Center Plaza (5th and Broadway) in downtown Gary.
Mayor Clay, other city officials and the Jackson Family Foundation have been working for months on the Jackson project that has the potential to bring 500,000 to 750,000 visitors to Gary and an annual income of 100 to 150 million dollars to the community. In addition, it is projected that the project will generate hundreds of construction jobs and thousands of full-time jobs for the community when the project is completed.
On the heels of the death of Michael Jackson last year, the world’s greatest entertainer, thousands of people have continued to travel to Gary, Indiana from all over the world to see the Jackson house at 2300 Jackson Street.
Mayor Clay has said this development will be one of the world’s most favored destination points.
Source: City of Gary
April 16th, 2010
Lonnie Bunch who is gathering items for a museum that is looking to open in Washington, DC in 2015 has gathered one of the most iconic items of all time, a Michael Jackson hat. This felt and wide brimmed hat was recently shown inside a NPR studio.
The museum that will be a collection of African American History is set to open at the National Mall and will display several items that relate to the late Michael Jackson. Lonnie is searching and traveling worldwide to collect many things that will make up the magic of the museum.
January 31st, 2010
Gary, Indiana is moving forward with plans to build a museum dedicated to native son Michael Jackson and his family. Despite funding issues, the Jackson Museum Performing Arts Center is growing — at least on paper.
Developers now want to add an amusement park designed to look like Jackson’s Neverland Ranch and a golf course to a city owned 10-acre plot of land where the museum is supposed to go, according to the Northwest Indiana Times.
The idea for the center has been batted around ever since the MJ died on June 25, but its never been clear the project would come to fruition. From the start funding issues besieged the museum project, which had an estimated price tag of up to $30 million before the amusement park and golf course were added to plans.
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