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Albany Museum of Art asks Dougherty County for $1.7 million to finish downtown move
Summary
The Albany Museum of Art presented a plan to relocate downtown and asked Dougherty County for a one-time $1.7 million contribution to close a $25.1 million project budget, citing job creation, increased visitation and historic-tax-credit funding.
The Albany Museum of Art asked the Dougherty County Board of Commissioners on Dec. 16 to contribute an additional $1.7 million to a $25.1 million downtown relocation project so the museum can put construction out to bid and break ground in 2025. "We respectfully seek the following funding for our downtown construction project. An additional contribution of $1,700,000 from Dougherty County, which would bring the county total to $3,000,000," said Andy Wolf, executive director of the museum.
Wolf described the new facility as a 58,000-square-foot museum — more than double the size of the current building — with expanded galleries, studios, a sculpture…
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