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Norwalk school board selects architect but land swap talks with county stall; board urges sale of more acreage
Summary
Board selected an architect and owner's representative for the planned campus but said negotiations with Huron County over additional acreage have reached an impasse; board members said they would pay $30,000 per acre to secure needed land rather than accept a swap that shifts buildable land toward flood-prone acreage.
Norwalk City School District trustees on Monday announced the selection of an architectural firm and an owner’s representative for the district’s planned new campus, but said negotiations with Huron County over additional land have not yet yielded the acreage the board says the Ohio Facilities Construction Commission recommends.
A board member told the meeting the district had shortlisted three firms and that the district and OFCC ranked the same firm first; the board announced that the architect selected was the firm named in the presentation and that Westfield Consulting Group would serve as the district's owner’s representative.
The board said it currently owns about…
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