{"id":22875,"date":"2020-05-13T16:51:31","date_gmt":"2020-05-13T22:51:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.skyhinews.com\/?p=64623"},"modified":"2020-05-13T20:00:06","modified_gmt":"2020-05-14T02:00:06","slug":"granby-expands-railroad-museums-lease-as-upgrades-continue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/krky\/local-news\/granby-expands-railroad-museums-lease-as-upgrades-continue\/","title":{"rendered":"Granby expands railroad museum\u2019s lease as upgrades continue"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The lease for the Moffat Road Railroad Museum will soon be extended and expanded. The museum has been working on upgrades since a mysterious donor pledged millions of dollars to the improvements.<\/strong>
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The Moffat Road Railroad Museum has been working on improvements since a mysterious donor started supporting the museum\u2019s efforts. Now, Granby has approved a 30 year lease for the museum to continue its work.<\/p>\n

The museum approached the Granby Board of Trustees on Tuesday to extend the museum\u2019s lease with the town and expand its footprint onto more town owned property. The lease, approved unanimously with certain conditions, expands the museum\u2019s land north from the current set up while leaving rent at $10 a year.<\/p>\n

Dave Naples, executive director of the Moffat Road Railroad Museum, previously spoke to the board in January about his plans to expand. An anonymous benefactor<\/a> has committed millions of dollars to the railroad museum, and the money will allow for an expansion that Naples has called the \u201cDisneyland approach.\u201d<\/p>\n

Already, the museum has made numerous improvements on the land leased from the town, and Naples expects to open a new visitor\u2019s center<\/a> on July 4.<\/p>\n

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