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Slavery Museum Considering Options to Stop Sale of Property
A buyer has offered $1.5 million for the property to use it for the Hagerstown Suns - Diamond Nation proposed stadium complex.
The National Slavery Museum is considering options to stop the sale of its Fredericksburg property.
Joseph Morrissey, the museum's attorney, met with museum founder and former Virginia governor Doug Wilder last week to discuss alternatives now that a buyer has come forward. A second bankruptcy filing is said to be in consideration.
Ron Rosner, founder of the Rosner Auto Group in Fredericksburg, offered $1.5 million for the 38-acre property at a court hearing last week, according to the Richmond Times Dispatch. Rosner wants to purchase the property for the Hagerstown Suns multi-use stadium complex. Rosner has purchased the stadium naming rights.
The City of Fredericksburg wants to sell the property to recoup $346,000 in back taxes it is owed.
The city, Pei Partnership Architects -- the museum’s largest creditor -- and the museum return to court September 25.
Related Stories:
Council Gives Full Support to Suns', Diamond Nation Proposal (Aug. 27, 2013)
Judge Delays Slavery Museum Hearing, Auction Decision (March 11, 2013)
Judge Upholds Restrictions on Slavery Museum Land (Dec. 11, 2012)
City Officials Giving Up on Slavery Museum (June 3, 2012)
Times-Dispatch: Slavery Museum Faces Tax Sale (Dec. 26, 2010)
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