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  • 1.  Land ownership - Municipalities

    Posted 10-03-2023 09:03 AM
    Hello AAM! 
    I am wondering if anyone here has gained outright ownership of municipal land (City, County, State) in order to receive grants or gifts. Our museum sits primarily on City land (with a 30-year $1/year lease), but the City does not support maintenance or operations. Government grants sometimes ask us to demonstrate that we have control over the land for the life of a particular capital upgrade or project, sometimes over 30 years. How have other organizations handled this? To add another complication, the City owns about 70% of our Museum collection. 

    If anyone has been through something similar, I'd love to chat. 

    Thank you! 
    Hillary Olson, RMSC



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