At their meeting this week the City Council accepted a gift of a building from the Sampson family that will serve as the City’s future Art Center. The Council’s action means that City staff and the City’s Arts & Culture Commission can now move forward in the planning effort to get the Art Center ready to go. We presented the Council with a tentative plan of necessary building improvements and a program of use for the building at the Council meeting. That was good enough to win the support of the Council, so now it’s time to make it real.
The Council Members expressed their appreciation and gratitude to the Sampson family for their gift to the City. It’s thought to be the largest single gift (in terms of monetary value) ever given to the City – a 5,400 sq ft building worth over $1,000,000.
There’s a lot of work to do, but now we’re cleared to do it. Thank you City Council, and thank you Sampson family. We will do this right. You will be proud of this gift to Eden Prairie.
