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Carver Museum advocates press task force after project dropped from draft; staff cites readiness and higher cost
Summary
Public advocates said the Carver Museum scored higher than other community facilities yet was omitted from a January draft. City capital staff said updated cost estimating and project-readiness concerns (design not yet contracted) explain the omission and put the current estimate at about $17 million plus escalation.
Several public commenters told the Bond Election Advisory Task Force the George Carver Museum and Cultural Center was improperly excluded from the task force’s January initial‑draft project list despite scoring higher than other community facilities in project review board materials.
Sylvia Stinson, speaking for Carver advocates, said the Carver was on the July needs assessment list and that advocates were surprised to find it absent from the January memo. "You can't pass programs and not pass…
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