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Originally Posted by WharfRat
Premier Brian Gallant has announced $50 million to build a newly minted New Brunswick Museum which will have all the components of the museum under one roof in the uptown. Exactly where in the uptown has not been spelled out.
The government will be seeking additional funding from the federal government as well as privately. The scale and precise location of the project will be determined based on funding commitments from other partners.
The goal is to begin site work in spring of 2018.
The Premier says the museum attracts upwards of 100,000 people annually between its two facilities in Market Square and Douglas Avenue.
http://www.country94.ca/news/1385868017/premier-commits-building-new-museum
http://huddle.today/province-commits-50-million-new-museum-uptown-saint-john/
Wow that's seem ambitious, do they even have a building design? I know they have batted the idea around for sometime now but how much planning has really happened?? This is far to important for the city/uptown to be rushed. |
I hate this kind of announcement, it implies a very short timeline, that everything is already decided by the powers-that-be, and cuts the public out of the discussion entirely. If they have a site already, or a design already, they should be holding public consultations and fostering dialogue, not simply holding funding announcements. Don't get me wrong, the funding is incredibly good news, but Saint John - and New Brunswick as a whole - needs to get with the times and start meaningfully engaging with its citizens, in particular when dealing with large, dense, diverse populations in cities.