County Set To Make Offer To Purchase Old Molino School

June 13, 2008

Escambia County will make a $2 million offer to purchase the old Wedgewood Middle School property in Pensacola and the old Molino Elementary School.

At Thursday morning’s County Commission Meeting of the Whole, the commission was set to discuss the purchase the old Wedgewood Middle property for a one-stop county facility. The Escambia County School Board’s asking price for the property located off Highway 29 north of W Street is $4 million.

The commission decided to offer $2 million for that property and the old Molino Elementary on Highway 95A in Molino. The school board’s asking price for the Molino property is $400,000.

Plans call for the old Molino school to become a community hub, possibly including a 5,000 square foot library, a museum highlighting Molino history, a small health clinic, a business incubator, renovation of the gym and one additional building for community events and private party rental along with other uses.

The Molino school closed in 2003 when the new Molino Park Elementary School consolidated Molino Elementary and Barrineau Park Elementary.

The school, which sits on nine acres along County Road 95A, first opened in 1939.

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Written by William Reynolds · Filed Under News