{"id":18435,"date":"2016-08-04T12:13:48","date_gmt":"2016-08-04T16:13:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/huntsville.dopperonline.ca\/?p=18435"},"modified":"2016-08-08T06:25:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-08T10:25:26","slug":"muskoka-heritage-place-operations-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/muskoka-heritage-place-operations-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Town receives grant to review Muskoka Heritage Place operations"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Town of Huntsville has received a $75,000 Ontario Trillium Foundation Grant to hire a consultant to review operations at Muskoka Heritage Place. The application was submitted in a desire to ensure that the facility generates as much benefit for Huntsville as it can as a cultural asset.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; margin-right: 14px;\"><strong> <broadstreet-zone zone-id=\"45658\" keywords=\"\" soft-keywords=\"true\" zone-alias=\"\"><\/broadstreet-zone><\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;We want to utlilize the funding resources available to bring someone in to look at Muskoka Heritage Place from every possible angle,&#8221; says Scott Ovell, Community Development Officer for the Town of Huntsville. &#8220;We need to maybe think outside the box a bit &#8211; look at what we could do better and look at alternative revenue streams. The goal is to identify how the site can generate more revenue.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Last year, Doppler reported that Town staff&#8217;s suggestion to apply for the grant saved Muskoka Heritage Place from a possible switch to private management and operations. (Read the story <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/doppleronline.ca\/huntsville\/council-hoping-for-grant-money-to-come-up-with-operational-models-for-muskoka-heritage-place\/\">here<\/a><\/span>.)<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I think it\u2019s a great opportunity,&#8221; says MHP&#8217;s Manager Ron Gostlin. &#8220;Year after year Muskoka Heritage Place has consistently performed to or better than Council-approved budget &#8211; as a museum we operate as lean or leaner than most. And there is a heap of potential to create partnerships and become more of a community cultural and heritage hub. We need to generate more visitors and revenue and we are hoping to find some new ideas. Sometimes that just takes a fresh set of eyes.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>At July&#8217;s General Committee meeting, Kari Lambe, the Town&#8217;s Executive Director of Community Services, said that an RFP will be going out soon and that it would be an approximately 10-month process after that before a report is brought back to committee. The consultation process will likely include engagement with the community and stakeholders like the Huntsville and Area Historical Society and the Huntsville &amp; Lake of Bays Railway Society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Don&#8217;t miss out on Doppler! 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