[0:00] For 25 years, the Ina County History [0:02] Center has operated out of this downtown [0:05] Inoka building. By the end of the year, [0:07] that will change. City redevelopment [0:10] plans mean the history center must [0:12] vacate the space and find a new home. [0:14] The history center is in the process of [0:16] finding a new location to live. Um, [0:19] we've been told by the city that they're [0:22] going to redevelop our half of the block [0:24] and we've been really privileged to live [0:26] here for the last 25 years for a dollar [0:28] a year. and we've really appreciated [0:30] that in kind donation. But times change [0:33] and the city's looking to redevelop this [0:35] area. [0:36] >> Instead of relocating everything to one [0:38] place, the history center plans to split [0:40] its operations. Part of the history [0:42] center will move to the historic Ticker [0:44] House and then the research library [0:47] we're hoping to move over to the Ticker [0:49] Hill House and we'll put that in the [0:51] ground floor and the upstairs could [0:53] still stay a bed and breakfast. And then [0:56] the collection. The city has a building [0:58] on Johnson Street that is currently [1:00] empty that we could move the collection [1:01] into temporarily until we can find a [1:03] more permanent location. [1:05] >> Operating a bed and breakfast is a new [1:07] challenge, but executive director [1:09] Rebecca Edna says it aligns with the [1:11] history cent's mission. [1:13] >> But learning how to run a bed and [1:14] breakfast is definitely a new job [1:17] tactic, a new thing that we're going to [1:19] have to work on. And uh I know we can do [1:22] it because so much of what we do at the [1:25] history center is making people feel [1:27] comfortable and safe in our space. It is [1:30] part of what we do. [1:32] >> Behind the scenes, the move is massive. [1:35] The history center's collection includes [1:37] tens of thousands of items, each needing [1:39] to be carefully verified and [1:41] transported. [1:43] >> I don't know how many items we have in [1:44] the collection, but we have 75,000 items [1:46] just from the Federal Cartridge Company [1:48] alone. So moving each of those items to [1:51] a new location is going to require us to [1:54] take the lid off the box, make sure that [1:57] what's in the box is actually in the [1:58] computer correctly so that nothing gets [2:00] lost. That's a lot of boxes and a lot of [2:04] textiles to move. [2:06] >> Time adds another layer of pressure. [2:08] >> It's going to be an enormous [2:10] undertaking, especially since we have to [2:12] be out of here by the end of the year. [2:15] And as the move approaches, leaving this [2:17] space is about more than just logistics. [2:20] >> The other emotional concern is that [2:23] we've been here for 25 years. This is [2:25] our home. And there's a lot of emotion [2:28] in the brick. There's a lot of memories [2:30] in the brick. We have to go somewhere. [2:33] And that's just the reality of it. [2:36] >> For North Metro TV News, Danica Peterson [2:39] reporting.