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Friends of Mountain View outline $4.68M vision to restore Fishburne Mansion, ask council to leverage $1.5M CIP allocation
Summary
Friends of Mountain View presented a vision plan and preliminary 2024 cost estimate of $4,680,000 to restore Roanoke’s Fishburne Mansion and outbuildings, outlined urgent repairs (exterior $500,000; interior/accessibility ~ $2.5M), and said it will launch a 2026 capital campaign to leverage the city’s $1.5 million FY28 CIP allocation.
Friends of Mountain View board members told Roanoke City Council on Dec. 15 that a completed vision plan for the Fishburne Mansion (also called Mountain View Recreation Center or the Fishburne Mansion) identifies urgent repairs and long-term reuse opportunities and carries a 2024 hard-construction estimate of $4,680,000 for the mansion, outbuildings and grounds.
The presenters said the 2024 estimate does not include soft costs (A/E fees and contingencies) and that prices have likely risen; they described the exterior work as both urgent and relatively contained, citing about $500,000 for exterior stabilization, and an interior/accessibility package around $2.5 million that would include an elevator and HVAC upgrades.
Lisonbee Blanton, a Friends of Mountain View board member and the spokesperson for the group, said the nonprofit has funded a vision plan (with grants from the Fishburne Foundation and a certified local government grant from the…
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