Public-private partnership to foster economic development while preserving historic City Hall
The Montrose City Council approved a resolution on March 7 creating a new milestone in the partnership between the community and pp电子极速糖果. The city’s decision to redevelop City Hall coincides with efforts from the private sector and CMU to collaborate on economic development, 振兴, 保护历史古迹, 以及加强蒙特罗斯的高等教育.
The council is in talks to partner with the same private company that is currently developing the Rathbone Hotel in downtown Montrose to include the historic City Hall facility in that redevelopment project. 同时, the City Council agreed to a memorandum of understanding that invests the proceeds from the project to establish the Montrose Permanent Fund Endowment. The Permanent Fund will guarantee that proceeds not only provide a lasting benefit for Montrose residents but will also be matched with a $500,pp电子极速糖果捐赠了000美元. The endowment will support higher education initiatives including the addition of hospitality management and culinary arts curricula at the CMU 蒙特罗斯校区 to train and support a regional workforce to serve the growing tourism, 娱乐, 以及社区的探访需求.
“蒙特罗斯市长期以来, 与CMU呈正相关, and we look forward to continuing with expanding the available curriculum that Montrose citizens have available to them,蒙特罗斯市长戴夫·弗兰克说. “We are also excited to add a permanent funding source to aid Montrose residents with tuition to expand our educational opportunities locally.”
The public-private partnership concept is one that communities around the country use to pool resources to support community vibrancy and economic development. While the project represents a major milestone in the CMU/Montrose partnership, 这项工作已经进行了十多年.
In 2010, 然后是梅萨州立大学, 蒙特罗斯市, and Montrose County agreed that work should be done to improve relationships and enhance education and workforce development efforts in the community.
Work began to renovate the Buell Higher Education Center to improve the quality of educational instruction at the evolving CMU 蒙特罗斯校区.
The partners then moved to purchase the Patrick Davis building, which is now the Branscome Center. 在此交易之后, 蒙特罗斯市 created a new Cascade Avenue pedestrian quad to connect the two buildings and enhance the college experience at CMU Montrose.
在未来的岁月里, additional acquisitions and efforts would result in spaces that allow for career and technical education programs like welding, 加工, 幼儿教育, 注册护理员, 等.
In recent months the partnership between Montrose and CMU continued to produce benefits as both entities partnered to create a new summer law enforcement academy and a new Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) program.
周三, CMU President John Marshall spoke at an event celebrating the formal signing of the partnership arrangement involving City Hall and was accompanied by CMU Foundation CEO Robin Brown.
“蒙特罗斯一直是我们的好伙伴, 在过去十年中，我们共同取得了巨大成就,马歇尔说. “The Montrose Permanent Fund is a true milestone that adds to the millions CMU has invested in Montrose in the recent past and will serve as a catalyst for even more investment in enhancing workforce training and higher education for the future, while also supporting 振兴 and economic development in Montrose.”
Negotiations with the owners of the Rathbone Hotel are ongoing with a closing date yet to be determined, 但市政官员希望在2023年5月关闭, 蒙特罗斯市经理比尔·贝尔说.
"We are so excited to seize this rare opportunity to enter into a collaborative project that will benefit the Montrose community for decades to come. We know that the face of our downtown is changing as our community grows and with many new businesses opening up, there is a need to think bigger and more strategically as we plan for the future,蒙特罗斯城市经理比尔·贝尔说.
去年, the council voted to purchase the vacant building at 400 East Main Street, 前身是位于蒙特罗斯市中心的富国银行大楼, 将用作该市的新市政厅. 自去年秋天以来，这栋建筑一直在进行翻修. The process of moving operations from the old City Hall to the new Main Street location began in March.
新的市政厅比它的前身要大得多, which will allow the city to expand services as the community continues to see unprecedented growth.
More information about this project will be released once it becomes available.
