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Cocoa council seeks operators for Leon and Jewell Collins museum; asks for letters of interest rather than immediate contract funds
Summary
The council directed staff to solicit letters of interest (amending an earlier motion for an RFP) for management of the Leon and Jewell Collins Museum of African American History and Culture; no city dollars were committed and proposers were asked to submit budgets as part of their submissions.
The Cocoa City Council voted to solicit letters of interest from organizations to manage the Leon and Jewell Collins Museum of African American History and Culture, after amending an initial motion to place a formal RFP on the street.
Council members debated whether to issue a competitive RFP with an attached budget or to first seek letters of interest to identify nonprofit partners and gauge community capacity. City Manager Stockton Whitten recommended a request for letters of interest as a first…
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