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Council presses for clarity on Smith Baker Center RFP; city manager says RFP will be ready in weeks
Summary
A local nonprofit presented a plan to turn the historic Smith Baker Center into an arts and community venue, and city staff told the council an RFP to solicit reuse proposals should be ready within three to four weeks following hazardous-materials review.
A group led by Allies in Music Education and the newly formed Lowell Center for the Arts outlined a redevelopment proposal for the Smith Baker Center, and the city told the council it will issue an RFP in the coming weeks after completing hazardous materials work.
Owen Kelly of Allies in Music Education, who identified himself as the newly appointed CEO of the Lowell Center for the Arts, told the council his organization’s plan would transform the Smith Baker Center into a performing-arts and community center with performance spaces, education programs, rehearsal rooms, a commercial kitchen,…
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