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[i]A year ago -- July 30, 2007 -- the park received a $150,000 Museum of America grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. The money is to be spent renovating the park's Virgil "Gus" Grissom Memorial Center. The grant would pay for an addition to the facility as well as improvements to the existing exhibits to better preserve the collections and clarify their importance. The grant required that the $150,000 be matched before plans could be made to remodel the existing center. According to Jill Vance, interpretive naturalist, the matching money for the grant is coming from the state. Park officials are working from conceptual designs developed by ICON, a Fort Wayne firm, for the exhibit design. Vance said specific design will not be completed until after a signed contract is in place, which she expects by the end of August. The renovation timeline is still in flux, but park officials are looking at a likely completion date in the spring. Current exhibits will be replaced with new ones that will incorporate existing artifacts, such as the Molly Brown, with items recently received from Grissom's wife, Betty. Included in the remodeling will be an expansion of the exhibit area. Final details on the exhibit space and design will be available after the contract is signed and the conceptual design has been reworked.[/i]
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