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Article: Arts-center deal fuels boosters' optimism.
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- The Orlando Sentinel (Orlando, FL)
- Article date:
- April 12, 2007
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Byline: Mark Schlueb and David Damron
Apr. 12--Orlando leaders have hammered out details of a plan to build and operate the proposed downtown performing-arts center, which is now expected to open at least a year later than originally planned.
City officials said the draft agreement protects the public's investment in the $379 million center while giving the nonprofit corporation that would run the center wide latitude in deciding how to make it a success.
"It's a very good public-private partnership," said Byron Brooks, chief administrative officer under Mayor Buddy Dyer. "It has all the protections that citizens expect for their public ...