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EdVenture outlines five-year plan, new Dino exhibit and Riverwalk-facing expansion
Summary
EdVenture CEO Andy Marcart presented a five-year plan that expands the museum’s age range, proposes a 4,000-square-foot indoor–outdoor environmental exhibit (the "Dyno gallery"), and flagged structural work needed before the museum can program its 15,000-square-foot terrace overlooking the canal.
Andy Marcart, chief executive officer of EdVenture, briefed the Columbia City Council on the museum’s five-year plan and an accompanying capital and program agenda that would expand exhibits, increase outreach and add a new indoor–outdoor gallery focused on reuse and the circular economy.
“This document…is gonna be our north star,” Marcart said of the five-year plan, which the museum developed with staff, visitors and board input. The plan aims to expand the museum’s target age range to include preteens and to provide new hands-on…
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