EVENT: Providence Academy Presentation & Open House

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Thursday, May 31, 2018 @ 5pm
Location: Providence Academy

The Historic Trust will present the latest renderings of the proposed development, and has said that they will discuss funding options and answer questions from the community. The Trust says the community will have an opportunity to speak with Marathon Acquisition developers as well.

 This is the chance to find out *why* pursuing alternate avenues of (preservation) funding “aren’t feasible” and to be able to ask all those other questions that haven’t yet been answered.

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