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to create a soundstage and studio. Instead, the college is opting for a new facility. Because of current infrastructure demands and the Goldstein Center's configuration, college administrative staff concluded the renovation was not a viable option, Meeker Lange told the News Leader Wednesday. A plan to build the soundstage was also found to be more costeffective than restoring the center. Additionally, the project will allow the college to create something unique, "dis tinguishing the entire operation from other soundstages and postproduction studios, making it attractive to producers and direc tors," according to the county memo. "The scope of the project has changed, some of which is still under confidential consider ations by Ringling College," Maultsby told the commissioners Tuesday. The college will submit updated plans to the county in several weeks, Meeker Lange told the News Leader. AN AGREEMENT A lot of preliminary work still has to take place, and additional college funding must be identified, before construction can begin, Meeker Lange said. Some of the money the college has already raised for its film program might be available for the project. A new facility and the technological array that will fill it will cost upwards of the $1.75 million county grant. "We are talking bricks and mortar and all the equipment," Meeker Lange said. The soundstage, which will be part of the college's Digital Filmmaking Lab, has the Ringling College students film an interview with actor Forest Whitaker. Photo courtesy Ringling College Sarasota News Leader April 11, 2014 Page 58