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Commissioners direct staff to find funding options for urgent repairs at Florida Maritime Museum after inspections show mold and structural issues
Summary
Following tours and air‑quality reports, the board directed staff to identify potential funding sources—county reserves, tourist development funds, state grants or federal recovery funds—to address estimated multi‑million dollar repairs at the 1912 Cortez Schoolhouse building that houses the Florida Maritime Museum.
Commissioners directed county staff to identify funding sources for urgent and extensive repairs to the Florida Maritime Museum’s primary building—the 1912 Cortez Schoolhouse—after a briefing and site inspection revealed mold, roof and HVAC problems and other deferred maintenance.
Commissioner Siddique introduced the item and said the Clerk’s Office had secured some state grant programming funds already but that the museum building faces a larger…
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