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Council committee approves moving $6 million to Monroe Plaza infrastructure for new Memphis Art Museum campus
Summary
Officials asked committees to transfer $6 million of Harbor/riverfront grant funding to infrastructure around the soon-to-open Memphis Art Museum: sidewalks, crosswalks, lighting, bumpouts and landscaping to create a pedestrian plaza between the museum and library; committee voted to forward a favorable recommendation.
City development staff and Memphis Art Museum representatives told a council committee on April 14 that $6 million in identified riverfront grant funds should be redirected to Monroe Plaza infrastructure near the new museum to fund sidewalks, lighting, crosswalks and landscaping.
John Zena, chief of development and infrastructure, said the transfer would not pay for the museum building itself (a…
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