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County staff outline plans for Montgomery County History Center; one-year funding extension recommended for Historical Activities NDA
Summary
OMB and historical activities staff described plans to develop a county history center, move artifacts into Courthouse space and continue a Black Resistance oral-history initiative. The executive recommended another one-year allocation in the Historical Activities NDA; committee treated the item as informational.
Montgomery County Office of Management and Budget officials and the county's historical activities staff told the budget committee that the county is moving forward with plans to create a Montgomery County History Center and to continue funded oral-history and anniversary projects under the Historical Activities non-departmental account (NDA).
Matt Logan, representing the historical activities team, described two facilities priorities: acquiring the Farmers Bank and Trust building at Fort Courthouse Square for exhibit and public space, and finalizing a lease for top-floor space in the Circuit Courthouse to store and process the county's artifact collections. "The first thing we're working closely with the League of Women Voters right now... The big thing in our world right now is the development of a Montgomery County History Center, a physical location," Logan said. He said the team expects to begin construction work at the…
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