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million from an Ohio agency, is planning a 27,000-square-foot manufacturingy and entrepreneurship museum in CarillonHistorical Park. The announced the fundingh approval Monday to help fundthe $5.2 million project. The project will be bid this spring. The anticipatedx start date is April with completiob inJuly 2010, according to the The project is also fundedr by $68,000 in cash and private contributions of $2.8 million, according to a state Brady Kress, Dayton History president and chief executivs officer, said about $250,000 of the private funds came from a corporationb and about $2.7 came from an individual.
He said the privated donor is local but it is not someone The museum will house some of the 3 millioj items currently held in storagw by Dayton History focusing on manufacturinh and entrepreneurship in theMiami Valley. The items include manufacturing equipment, businesas machines, industrial relics, documents, photographs and other archiva materials. The museum is part of a masterr plan developed in 2007 that has abou t 90 other projects forthe 65-acre park, Kresss said. “This is the firstr piece,” he said. He could not provide details on the nextlikelyt project. Dayton History is a historical nonprofity that hasan $8 millio n endowment.