Important Dates In the History
of AIDS Services of Dallas

Important Dates In the History of AIDS Services of Dallas Timeline:

April 28, 1987	AIDS Services of Dallas incorporated as an IRS 501 (c)(3) exempt organization as the PWA Coalition of Dallas, Inc. by co-founders Mike Merdian and Daryl Moore.
April 29, 1987	First residents move to A Place for Us, now Ewing Center
May - June 1987	Picketers demonstrate outside A Place for Us, carrying placards that read "Keep Oak Cliff Clean and Healthy - No gays/AIDS colonies."
December 1987	The PWA Coalition of Dallas, Inc. receives $26,974 in funding from the Texas Department of Health.
May 1988	GHT Alarm Systems donates the security system at 800 North Lancaster following three burglaries in one month.
August 10, 1988	Daryl Moore, co-founder of the PWA Coalition of Dallas, Inc. dies of pulmonary edema, a complication of AIDS, in his Oak Lawn apartment.
August 27, 1988	The PWA Coalition of Dallas, Inc. is awarded $143,300 in a new grant from the AIDS Service Demonstration Program of the U.S. Public Health Service.
September 1988	PWA Coalition of Dallas, Inc. receives an award of $1,000,000+ from Health Resources and Services Administration to add an elevator and a fourth floor kitchen/dining room to A Place for Us, which required a cash match of $425,000.
September 1988	The Design Industry Foundation for AIDS (DIFFA) awards PWA Coalition of Dallas $35,000, representing a down payment for the purchase of Revlon Apartments from Freddie/Mac.
October 30, 1988	The PWA Coalition of Dallas, Inc. purchased the Revlon Apartments, a 36-unit facility on Lancaster.
October 1988	PWA Coalition of Dallas begins advertising to recruit its first Executive Director.
November 30, 1988	A fire breaks out at Revlon causing an estimated $200,000 worth of damage to eight units. Insurance proceeds covered $60,000 worth of the damage.
February 1, 1989	Dallas lawyer, Don Maison, becomes Executive Director of the PWA Coalition of Dallas, Inc.
March 13, 1989	Michael Anderson, former Executive Director of Phoenix House in Dallas, becomes Director of Programs. At this time the entire staff consists of Don Maison, Mike Anderson, Judith Powell (Residents' Manager), Mark Rogers (Resource Director), and Bill Hunt (Facilities Manager).
May 2, 1989	The PWA Coalition of Dallas, Inc. files an Assumed Name Certificate for an incorporated Business or Profession and begins doing business as AIDS Services of Dallas.
January 1, 1990	A second fire breaks out at the Revlon Apartments causing fire damage to one unit and smoke damage to adjacent units.
January 11, 1990	The demolition phase to the Revlon renovations begins.
April 23, 1990	Arson at the Revlon Apartments, its third fire, causes $20,000 worth of damage to four units and knocks out utilities for the remaining units. Thirteen (13) residents were displaced into a complex in East Dallas made available by Freddie Mac. Don Maison charges that the slowness of the City of Dallas in providing promised funds is partially responsible.
April 30, 1990	The City of Dallas provides AIDS Services of Dallas with a contract to proceed with renovations at Revlon Apartments, at $8,300 per unit.
May 11, 1990	Board President, Phil Morrow, dies at the age of 35 from complications with AIDS.
March 29, 1991	The newly-renovated Revlon Apartments reopen to new residents following an 11-month closure.
September 28, 1992	ASD's Shelter Plus Care application to the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is approved to develop Hillcrest House, a 64-unit Single Room Occupancy facility located on the southwest corner of Marsalis and Colorado.
August 10, 1992	Articles of Incorporation are filed with the Secretary of State of Texas to form Supportive Housing, Inc., an IRS 501 (c) (2) exempt title holding corporation that holds title to ASD's facilities.
December 1992	ASD is awarded $474,166 from the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development to construct Comal Gardens, a 12-unit facility for families affected by HIV/AIDS. This award is one of five AIDS housing programs in the country selected in HUD's Special Projects of National Significance funding competition.
March 17, 1993	Michael Merdian, co-founder of the PWA Coalition of Dallas, Inc., dies of AIDS complications at the age of 36.
Summer 1993	After the HRSA 1610(b) grant was cancelled by mutual agreement, Victor Solarte and Dallas Architect, Terry Moore, redesign the proposed renovations to Ewing Center, scrapping previously drawn plans for a fourth floor addition which would have removed 12% of the existing living space. Instead, the proposal would utilize the setback at Ewing and add an addition to the front of the existing structure.
March 1994	Construction of Phase 1 of the renovations and construction of the new addition begins on Ewing.
April 1994	ASD assumes interim management of Samaritan House in Forth Worth after the resignation of its executive director and project director. The management agreement was terminated on September 1, 1994.
October 8, 1994	By a unanimous vote of the Board of Trustees, ex-officio trustees, who are officers of each facility's Residents Council, are granted full voting rights on the Board.
December 16, 1994	Renovations and new construction of Phase One at Ewing are complete. Residents move into their new apartments.
February 28, 1995	ASD is chosen as one of 75 Dallas area non-profit agencies to participate in the 1995 Exxon Community Summer Jobs Program. This grant allows the funding for a Children's Activity Coordinator.
December 1995	Construction begins on Phase II of the Ewing renovations.
April 1996	The number of employees with five or more years of seniority reaches seven.
May 1996	Phase II of the renovations to the Ewing Center is completed.
September 23, 1996	Hillcrest House, ASD's 64-unit Single Room Occupancy (SRO), opens.
September 8, 1997	The official groundbreaking for Spencer Gardens, formerly Comal Gardens, takes place. Local officials, as well as Jacque Lawling, Acting Assistant Secretary of the United States Department of Housing and Urban Development, are in attendance.
July 15, 1998	Judith Powell, Residential Coordinator, becomes first ASD employee to celebrate her tenth year with ASD.
Summer 1998	The number of employees with five or more years of seniority reaches ten.