Article: SCPA PROPOSAL SHRINKS PLAN FOR COMPLEX IS SCALED BACK.(NEWS)

Plans for a performing arts school complex in Over-the-Rhine have been drastically scaled back from an expansive $200 million project to one that is estimated to cost $60 million to $71 million.

Planners said the final cost estimates could be even lower.

''The $200 million was for the entire complex, not just the school, but a performance center, a recording studio, a community center and even a gazebo in Washington Park,'' said Norma Petersen, executive director of the Greater Cincinnati Arts and Education Center.

''What we have left is the school, and . . . that's what we're focusing on . . . What happens to the rest, maybe someone else ...

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