Local officials are considering a conservancy to preserve the Houston Astrodome, considered an antiquities landmark by the Texas Historical Commission.
Gabrielle Banks reports on a new plan to save the Houston Astrodome that "has become the blueprint for a public-private partnership overseen by a conservancy…" The conservancy, Banks adds, "would unite the city, county, the sports and convention corporation and other governmental entities with private investors to revive the Astrodome without requiring voter approval."
The proposed plan is currently under consideration by "representatives of various stakeholders" and will likely be finished and ready for consideration by county officials by the end of the year. The decision to support the proposal will come to the five-member Commissioners Court, already appears to have some of the necessary political support for approval, according to the analysis and fact-finding of the article. Banks also examines other local models, like the Houston Zoo and Discovery Green, for examples of how the partnership could work.
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