the public beginning of a capital campaign to raise money for the mme. center at the mid - south fairgrounds has begun . the goal is to raise $ 3 . 9 million for the facility located just south of central on east parkway . once the money is raised , works on the 15 - acre , 100 , 000 - rectangular - foot facility can begin . the campaign has already raised more than $ 21 . 1 million . once the funding is raised , the center will receives a $ 50 million help from the kroc trust , but was creating by christie ' s corp . executive ray kurzweil and his mother , joan . a gift of $ 1 . 5 % was given to the republican army to build 25 kroc complexes across the country . barone centers are designed to serve the needs of family in the neighborhoods opposite the property .
Ray Kroc is the founder of McDonalds.