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Speakers urge commissioners to oppose proposed Ringling transfer, slow performing arts spending and reject 1260 North Palm plan
Summary
Three public commenters asked the commission to intervene on three separate issues: a proposed transfer of the Ringling museum complex in a governor’s budget line, timing and cost concerns about a proposed performing arts center, and opposition to a developer request for 1260 North Palm.
Three speakers used the meeting’s public‑comment period April 21 to press the commission on separate, high‑profile issues affecting the city’s cultural and development corridors.
Nancy Parrish, former board chair of the Ringling Museum Foundation and founder of a recently formed nonprofit, told the commission she opposes a proposal in the governor’s budget to transfer control of the 66‑acre Ringling Museum complex and the nearby USF Sarasota–Manatee campus to New College. Parrish said the transfer would move "100 acres of premier Bayfront property" plus "$200 million in cultural assets" and argued there had…
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