NewsNM: Swickard - my distant cousin Jack Swickard if you notice same last name. From
KOB-TV.com - By: Joe Bartels, - Two years ago, UFO Museum and Research Center officials broke ground on a new $25 million complex near the heart of downtown Roswell. On Tuesday, officials announced the project has been completely scrapped. The square city block the UFO Museum purchased and began clearing will now be sold. The sign advertising the new
home for the UFO Museum and Research Center has been chopped down. "We're here to stay downtown, the UFO Museum will be remaining downtown," said Jack Swickard with the UFO Museum. The Museum did not say whether funding the multi-million dollar museum complex was ever an issue. However, an option for the Museum to stay where it is at is now on the table. "We now have been able to secure, not only a long term lease, but an option to buy the property," Swickard explained. City officials are concerned about what will be put in the spot where the new museum was going to be built. Sources said the list price for the land on Main Street could be over $2 million dollars. "Really a multitude of uses [for the land] but anything that would really benefit the
community, whether it be from a jobs standpoint whether it be a construction standpoint," said Roswell City planner Michael Vickers. Museum officials said they are drawing up plans that would rehab their existing building. Officials also said they are currently in negotiations with businesses that are just to the north of the Museum's location.
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UFO Museum: Change of plans
NewsNM: Swickard - my distant cousin Jack Swickard if you notice same last name. From KOB-TV.com - By: Joe Bartels, - Two years ago, UFO Museum and Research Center officials broke ground on a new $25 million complex near the heart of downtown Roswell. On Tuesday, officials announced the project has been completely scrapped. The square city block the UFO Museum purchased and began clearing will now be sold. The sign advertising the new home for the UFO Museum and Research Center has been chopped down. "We're here to stay downtown, the UFO Museum will be remaining downtown," said Jack Swickard with the UFO Museum. The Museum did not say whether funding the multi-million dollar museum complex was ever an issue. However, an option for the Museum to stay where it is at is now on the table. "We now have been able to secure, not only a long term lease, but an option to buy the property," Swickard explained. City officials are concerned about what will be put in the spot where the new museum was going to be built. Sources said the list price for the land on Main Street could be over $2 million dollars. "Really a multitude of uses [for the land] but anything that would really benefit the community, whether it be from a jobs standpoint whether it be a construction standpoint," said Roswell City planner Michael Vickers. Museum officials said they are drawing up plans that would rehab their existing building. Officials also said they are currently in negotiations with businesses that are just to the north of the Museum's location. Read more
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