Pensacola News Journal from Pensacola, Florida • 6

"1RST, Tuesday, March 31. 1981 The Pensacola Journal Page 3C Valparaiso considers sideTrack to museum By JIM CHITWOOD Fort Walton Bureau Chief VALPARAISO Sidestepping a state grant for construction of a new Air Force Armament Museum, the Valpariaso City Council Monday night agreed to ask Eglin Air Force Base officials if they will lease the current museum building and land to establish a track record before embarking on a new facility. The state Department of Natural Resources last week urged city officials to "reconsider" the decision to I be the sponsoring agency for a $200,000 state grant to build a new musueum without a 25-year guarantee of operation from th city. However, Mayor Bruce Arnold suggested a new alternative which would involve renovating the present on-base museum and set a "finite period of time" of three to five years to gauge the on-going success or failure of the museum. Arnold said the "go slow" approach would enable to museum to "chart a course" and prevent the city from buying "a pig in the poke." Although no one from the Air Force Armament Museum Foundation attended Monday's meeting, Arnold said he merely offered the proposal as an option and had not discussed the possibility with either the foundation or Eglin officials.

John Sherwin, curator of the museum, estimated it would cost about $40,000 to correct deficiencies in the present museum building a con verted chapel built in the late 1940s. Arnold said if Eglin is amenable to a lease of the present museum and would permit the city to sub-lease the operation to the foundation, it would give the project time to prove itself and allow efforts at securing private funding for a new facility. DNR executive director Dr. Elton Gissendanner notified the city late last week there had been a "misunderstanding" which led to Valparaiso's decision Mar. 16 to end participation in the project.

Gissendanner said in a letter to Arnold that the "state is behind the museum project and wants to see it through." But Councilman Reid Gilland said he was not persuaded by the state's new position. "It still puts us in a position of being the big pusher for the museum," Gilland said. "I don't see Valparaiso as the king pin. Why are we the only ones trying to preserve the Air Force Museum? Nobody has said 'Hey, Valparaiso save When Gilland questioned if the Air Force would even go along with the city leasing the building and artifacts, Arnold admitted it "may be impractical" if the Air Force has another use for the site once the museum is removed. Arnold said the alternative would "keep it alive" and wouldn't require the city to take the $200,000 grant.

However, he did not know if the foundation had funds to make the necessary repairs to the present mu ated with site preparation, paving or other fixtures. Arnold said if the council had opted for requesting the grant, he would have stipulated that the foundation come up with another $100,000 before the city would accept the grant. seum. As for the grant, Arnold assured council, "For all practical purposes, we're turning it down. I don't think we'll ask for it again." He said the $200,000 was an amount for a "basic" new museum building and would have not covered cost associ Okaloosa to reveal new firm in county parks (LlSL General Electric iicavy- duty washer 9 rw juaar Liineu cyuia.

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The tax break amendment was among the "Five For Florida's Future" pushed hard by Gov. Bob Graham during the fall elections. Today's announcement will not be the last, said Melvin. "I'm hoping to announce two more in Fort Walton Beach in about two weeks," he said. WAS $349'5 NOW OUVf $299 SAVE $S00 WWA3100V Crestview launches industrial loan body park, Melvin said, "that will be explained tomorrow." The development council has scheduled a press conference for this afternoon following the County Commission meeting in Crestview, and further details such as the cost of the new investment and size of the firm's annual payroll are expected then.

Melvin also declined to reveal the firm's national headquarters, again citing the confidentiality of the industrial recruiting business. The tax break approved by voters last month, he said, was not a factor in landing the firm. "We began dealing with them before the referendum," Melvin said. The firm, a "nationally recognized" manufacturer, was recruited for six months before officials came to the verge of an announcement, Melvin said. Only after the firm is located in the park will it be able to apply for the tax exemption, said Melvin, but the company has given no indication to date as to whether it will seek the exemption.

The development council "will recommend approval if it does," he said. After years of watching industries flock to neighboring Sunbelt states, Okaloosa has taken a strong lead in luring new companies and encouraging expansion of existing industries by strongly supporting and using the tax break plan. Okaloosa became the sixth county in the state to adopt the plan in early February. Six of the 1 1 cities ir. the state opting for the plan are located in Okaloosa County.

A Valparaiso firm. Creative Marble, last month became the first in the state to take advantage of the tax exemption, investing a total ol By JEFF NEWELL Journal Statt Writer CRESTVIEW The wrapping will come off Okaloosa County's lat-' est industrial package this morning with bid openings scheduled for two County Industrial Park parcels totaling 20 acres. According to Jerry Melvin, executive vice-president of the Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce and Okaloosa, Industrial Development Council, the firm will employee 215 workers. County officials and chamber spokesmen have been tight-lipped regarding the firm moving into the park, citing the confidential and fiercely competitive nature of industrial recruiting. But according to legal advertisements for the adjacent eight-acre and 12.59-acre parcels bordering the Crestview Airport access road, the firm will be a manufacturer engaged in processing, computer-cutting, designing and shipping fabric and rubber industrial safety items such as work gloves and raincoats.

The first public hint was given by Melvin in February after Okaloosa voters laid out the welcome mat to business and industry by approving a tax break plan offered to new and expanding firms. Melvin said he expected to announce "a real goody" after county voters passed, by a better than 3-1 margin, a referendum authorizing Okaloosa officials to offer 100 percent property tax exemptions for buildings and plant equipment for 10 years. The business was expected to locate one operation in the Fort Wal-Jton Beach industrial park and the other at the county park in Crest-view. 'Asked why the firm chose to locate both operations in the county Level U- Selections swQ that accrue from expanded business. North Okaloosa County is a prime area for development, said White, but needs industrial buildings.

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The funding corporation tapped 25 local investors for a minimum of $1,000 to back the profit-making firm expected to deal "with small to intermediate firms with a good history of operations that can offer from 50 to 100 jobs," said James White, chairman of the chamber's industrial committee. The primary objective of the corporation. White said, is to increase employment, payroll, business volume and fringe benefits Was $499.95 NOW $3 6995 rinse temperature selections with energy saving cold water rinse. Fabric softener 9 5 i dispenser. JONES UPER 5801 N.

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