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Foundation Park

Name: Foundation Park
Address: North Pleasant Avenue and East Broadway, Centralia, IL, 62801, US

North Pleasant Avenue and East Broadway

Centralia, IL 62801

Foundation Park

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A Centralia entrepreneur by the name of Verne E. Joy can be credited with establishing the Centralia Foundation Trust in January of 1943. Mr. Joy announced after having researched community trust plans used in such cities as Dayton, Cleveland, and Chicago, that he believed a benevolent trust could be set up in Centralia. His initial donation of nine thousand dollars put the corporation into business.

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