The Musical Arts Association, the governing organization of the Cleveland Orchestra, has completed the $3,960,780 sale of more than 233 acres of land to the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. Since 2007 the MAA has been working with the Ohio office of the Trust for Public Land, a national conservation organization, to sell upwards of 578 acres of its 780-acre Blossom Music Center property to the National Park Service for conservation and to raise funds. Blossom Music Center is situated entirely within the Cuyahoga Valley National Park. “The sale of the land has no effect on our current operation of Blossom Music Center,” said Cleveland Orchestra Executive Director Gary Hanson in a statement. Stan Austin, Superintendent of Cuyahoga Valley National Park, said, “Protecting this vital landscape is a big benefit to the Park. The acquired lands now become part of the largest forested block in the Park. This land is extremely valuable because it helps sustain critical woodland species and protects several watersheds. We greatly appreciate Musical Arts Association’s interest in selling the land.”
Posted March 21, 2011
