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<br /> <br />The City of University City and the Sutter-Meyer Society are now finalizing details of a <br />long-term lease for the Society to use the building at a cost of $1.00/year, an <br />estimated annual savings of $8,000, the estimated cost to rent the Sutter-Meyer <br />farmhouse at current market conditions. <br /> <br />Project Benefits <br /> <br />The Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse Project has already been beneficial for our community <br />and will continue to be so. Already the project has: <br /> <br />? <br /> <br />brought together a diverse group of people to work to bring this farmhouse to <br />public attention; <br />? <br /> <br />though its work, helped the University City Council and staff to focus on the <br />future use of the building, keeping faith with the city’s designation of the <br />building as a city historic site in 1986; <br />? <br /> <br />focused professional attention on the physical needs of the building, so that it <br />does not deteriorate further. <br />In the future the project will: <br /> <br />? <br /> <br />bring residents and non-residents to the historic northern part of our city <br />to experience not only the farmhouse museum and educational center, but <br />the variety of the thriving Olive Boulevard; <br />? <br /> <br />be a central, accessible location for learning about University City history; <br />? <br /> <br />provide the School District of University City, and other districts, with a <br />centrally-located facility to be used as a focus of teaching in a number of <br />disciplines; <br />? <br /> <br />be supportive and protective of the work of the Mound City <br />Archaeological Society, work that would probably have to be stopped if the <br />building were sold to a private owner; <br />? <br /> <br /> be a “kick-start” for other historic preservation and learning opportunities <br /> <br />in University City. <br />Goal of the Sutter-Meyer Farmhouse Project <br /> <br />The goal of the Sutter-Meyer Society is to renovate the Sutter-Meyer farmhouse into a <br />museum and educational center that will be THE place for people, residents and non- <br />residents, to learn about University City history. We also hope the Sutter-Meyer <br />farmhouse will be a place where the often untold history of the people, times and <br />K-1-e <br />places in the St. Louis suburbs will be shared. <br /> <br />September 24, 2007 <br /> <br />