Plans to try and bring in £50 million to protect and invest in York’s historic buildings, collections and archaeological sites have been approved amid mounting maintenance costs.
Plans to try and bring in £50 million to protect and invest in York’s historic buildings, collections and archaeological sites have been approved amid mounting maintenance costs.
A 10-year strategy will aim to fund works on buildings most in need of refurbishments, look at creating a new artefact storage facility and explore generating income from York’s collections.
City of York Council Chief Strategy Officer Claire Foale said investment would build on the city’s nationally and globally significant heritage offer as climate change fuels a rise in maintenance costs.
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