9/11 Memorial Reaches $350-Million Construction Goal
April 11, 2008 | Read Time: 1 minute
The National September 11 Memorial and Museum at the World Trade Center has raised the $350-million it sought to build a memorial and is now seeking $25-million more, reports The New York Times.
Mayor Michael Bloomberg, who chairs the memorial organization and has given at least $15-million to the project, announced that the memorial just passed the $350-million milestone this week, the newspaper reports. He also announced a new $25-million campaign to conduct programs at the memorial and build an endowment.
More than 60,000 people in each state and in 31 other countries have contributed to the campaign, the paper reports.
The memorial and museum are scheduled to open in 2011.
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