Council Approves $37 Million For Art Museum, Park

Artist rendering provided by the Tampa Museum of Art.

San Francisco architect Stanley Saitowitz designed the new 68,000-square-foot Tampa Museum of Art.

By ELLEN GEDALIUS | The Tampa Tribune
Published: April 03, 2008

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TAMPA -- Plans to build a new Tampa Museum of Art and Curtis Hixon Park cleared a major hurdle today when the city council approved $37 million in contracts for the two projects.

That means the museum and city can move forward on constructing the two projects. A groundbreaking is scheduled for April 18.

About $29 million will come from public sources, namely the Community Investment Tax. The remaining approximately $8 million comes from private fundraising done by the art museum.

"We're just terribly excited and pleased," interim museum Director Ken Rollins said.

Reporter Ellen Gedalius can be reached at (813) 259-7679 or egedalius@tampatrib.com.