The city intends to make sure the New College Institute does not leave its building on the Baldwin Block uptown, at least not permanently.
“If NCI was to move out of the building, we would move to recover the title to it,” City Attorney Eric Monday said, noting that Martinsville City Council members want the institute to stay there.
The state-funded institute, which provides higher education options for area residents, plans to look at local properties where it could possibly relocate as a result of the New College Foundation (NCF), its private, independent fundraising arm, recently refusing to sell the building to the state.
