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Half a million dollars seems to be a
popular number, Town Manager Mark
Williams said Tuesday night.
The Wake Forest College
Birthplace Society wants $550,000 from
the town for the planned museum annex,
and now Wake Forest-Rolesville High
School would like the town to help it
install artificial turf at Trentini
Stadium to the tune of about $525,000.
Williams has met with both
groups, he told the town commissioners
at the close of the board meeting.
He expects the society to
come back to the board, probably at its
July 11 work session. In the meantime,
they will be meeting with
representatives from Wake Forest
University to determine what it plans to
contribute and with alumni members to
determine. The university paid for the
study about the feasibility of raising
the necessary $2 million-plus, and it
has assigned some staff members to work
with the society in the fund-raising
effort.
Williams said the school
will ask the board for the funds in the
next couple months. “I asked them to
show us how we would benefit.”
During the discussion about
the 2006-2007 budget, Commissioner
Stephen Barrington said he would like to
see the town provide financial support
for the museum annex because it would
“provide the history and archives” for
the town. Commissioner Frank Drake said
he agreed, but maybe next year. |
