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Financial Incentive Grant that will help fund construction of the facilities, complete with hightech equipment. SOMETHING UNIQUE In December 2010, the County Commission initially approved the grant, but it had expired. The college had been working on the project design, and it had not spent any of the $1.75 million, according to an April 8 memo to the commission from Jeff Maultsby, the county's director of business and eco nomic development. Over the past few years, the soundstage has become a goal for Ringling. In April 2010, the college pitched a plan to turn the 72yearold Municipal Auditorium into a soundstage for movie production. But Ringling College President Larry Thompson withdraw his proposal after an array of com munity groups said the auditorium filled an essential role in the community and protested its closing for use as a soundstage. The college also moved away from another plan to renovate its Ann and Alfred Goldstein Center Ringling College students set up a movie scene. Photo courtesy Ringling College I like it even better. Nora Patterson Commissioner Sarasota County Sarasota News Leader April 11, 2014 Page 57