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Dolman Black Heritage Museum seeks $250,000 from city to start demolition, leaders say
Summary
Dolman Black Heritage Museum leaders showed council renderings and asked the City of Hagerstown for $250,000 to begin demolition and site cleanup of the Koch/Coca‑Cola building as the first phase of a multi‑phase museum and cultural campus project.
Dolman Black Heritage Museum leaders presented designs for a five‑story museum and asked the mayor and council for emergency help to remove unsafe portions of an adjacent structure.
Museum director Alicia Lisonbee McBean told the council the organization is requesting $250,000 to begin demolition of the back portion of the former Coca‑Cola/Koch site so the project can move forward. “Like, give us $250,000 for the demolition and we can get that done,” McBean said during the work session.
The request is intended to remove what presenters described as structurally compromised rear additions, clear fenced debris cited by city code enforcement, and allow immediate stabilization of the Koch Building so the museum can use the first and second floors as an interim home while fundraising continues for the full container‑based museum tower.
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