Pursuing another downtown attraction

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We blew it by not getting the Evel Knievel museum.
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TheLastGentleman wrote: ↑Sat Feb 29, 2020 1:09 pm The liberty memorial tower is in good shape, but the grounds are pretty rough. Lots of damaged stonework and landscaping.

Science city recently got a multi million dollar expansion and is doing well by all accounts
What’s not crumbling needs a cleaning. Fountains have been empty for years and need maintenance I assume.
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Who even pays for that? I swear we have a sales tax for fucking everything but we can't even keep our marquee public museum in working order.

It's infuriating.
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WoodDraw wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 12:13 pm Who even pays for that? I swear we have a sales tax for fucking everything but we can't even keep our marquee public museum in working order.

It's infuriating.
Considering It is the NATIONAL WWI museum, I wonder if the museum could apply for funding through the Federal Parks Department. That would provide more than what is necessary to maintain it.
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Anthony_Hugo98 wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 12:52 pm
WoodDraw wrote: ↑Tue May 19, 2020 12:13 pm Who even pays for that? I swear we have a sales tax for fucking everything but we can't even keep our marquee public museum in working order.

It's infuriating.
Considering It is the NATIONAL WWI museum, I wonder if the museum could apply for funding through the Federal Parks Department. That would provide more than what is necessary to maintain it.
Owned by the city not NPS. National status was written into a bigger defense bill and maybe funding would be as well.
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I don't know enough about this to comment intelligently, but if the NPS or Smithsonian or whoever runs these things wants to take it over, I'd support that. The city doesn't seem up to the task.
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The city doesn't run the museum itself. An independent non-profit does.
Does this extend to the immediate grounds?

The parks dept has a seat on the board and that's the extend of city involvement.

https://theworldwar-prod.s3.amazonaws.c ... t_2019.pdf
page 18 and bottom of 19 has the board for 2019


Since I see a congressman on the board, I bet they've gone down the path for funding from congress already
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