Since 2023, the Colored Girls Museum has been struggling with the city’s zoning board because the museum is inside the founder’s home, a twin house in Germantown. Earlier this year, they received a variance that allows the museum to operate in the twin house, but doesn’t allow the owner to continue living there. KYW Newsradio’s Shara Dae Howard tells us about their fight for a second variance and what the museum means to the founder and the community.

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<p>Since 2023, the <a href="https://www.thecoloredgirlsmuseum.com/">Colored Girls Museum</a> has been struggling with the city’s zoning board because the museum is inside the founder’s home, a twin house in Germantown. Earlier this year, they received a variance that allows the museum to operate in the twin house, but doesn’t allow the owner to continue living there. KYW Newsradio’s Shara Dae Howard tells us about their <a href="https://audacy.com/kywnewsradio/news/local/colored-girls-museum-vashti-dubois-licenses-and-inspections">fight for a second variance</a> and what the museum means to the founder and the community.</p>
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