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A.G. GancarskiApril 20, 2016

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Jacksonville City Councilman Reggie Brown made a public relations mistake on Tuesday. He got quoted playing “blame the media” with the top news station in town, regarding the scandal-plagued slumlords of Global Ministries Foundation. “My position, if I can get things done without bringing the media and the cameras to the residents that are economically challenged, […]

A.G. GancarskiApril 13, 2016

Global Ministries Foundation, the non-profit that has recently gotten bad press in Jacksonville for owning and operating the nightmarish Eureka Garden and Washington Heights, has had its funding cut off in Tennessee, where it owns similarly blighted properties, according to Fox 13 in Memphis. The Fox 13 report says that “The funding body that approved […]

Melissa RossMarch 30, 2016

News that problems still persist at Jacksonville’s troubled Eureka Garden public housing complex has local activists such as Denise Hunt steaming. “I’m disgusted. I was assured these problems would be solved, and I even offered a case management plan of action to help solve some of the inequities out there. I feel like I got […]

A.G. GancarskiJanuary 30, 2016

In an email this week to Pastor Mark Griffin, Richard Hamlet, whose company runs the blighted Section 8 complex Eureka Gardens in Jacksonville, took the press to task for reporting issues with a similarly blighted property his company owns in Memphis. Hamlet, head of Global Ministries Foundation, lamented that “unfortunately the media in Memphis has been active […]

A.G. GancarskiOctober 22, 2015

Former Jacksonville Mayor Alvin Brown has received flak of late for his role in facilitating the finance deal behind Eureka Garden Apartments. On Thursday afternoon, Brown released a statement detailing his position, citing his commitment to disadvantaged communities, and urging Global Ministries Foundation to handle their business. “What’s surfaced in recent weeks in the Eureka […]

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Does Reggie Brown have a Global Ministries Foundation problem?

Report: Tennessee cuts funding off from Global Ministries Foundation, Memphis housing bonds tank

Persistent problems at Eureka Garden complex outrage Jax activists

Richard Hamlet: it’s all the media’s and the tenants’ fault

Alvin Brown breaks silence, addresses Jacksonville’s Eureka Garden