Thursday, November 07, 2019

Detroit Institute of Arts seeks millage renewal despite pledge in 2012

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"The Detroit Institute of Arts will seek a renewal of its 10-year millage on Wayne, Oakland and Macomb property owners in March, despite claiming in 2012 that the museum would be self-sufficient after the tax expired.
The current 0.2-mill, 10-year property tax won't lapse until 2022, but the museum has decided to act during a presidential primary, rather than wait for an off-year ballot when its prospects might be dimmer.
...In moving for early renewal, the museum, with an annual operating budget of $38 million, is following the lead of the Detroit Zoo, which won a renewal of its 10-year millage in 2016 two years before its expiration..."
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