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Rollins, arts groups seek to repurpose former Winter Park Library

By Ryan Lynch, WFTV.com News Staff,

2024-05-25

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Winter Park could use its former library building as a new home for the Rollins Museum of Art or another arts group.

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The city commission during a May 23 workshop directed City Manager Randy Knight to negotiate with multiple groups to buy or lease the 35,000-square-foot building at 460 E. New England Ave.

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Rollins College and Blue Bamboo Center for the Arts both presented their proposals during the meeting, with Opera Orlando and a fourth unidentified entrepreneurial group also expressing interest.

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