Springer outlines his plans for the Heritage Center

The Havre City Council's Finance Committee met with local engineer Jay Springer Monday night to discuss Springer's interest in leasing, then possibly purchasing the Heritage Center.

The fate of the historic building has been up in the air since the H. Earl Clack Foundation announced in May that it would cease managing the building on July 1.

The foundation has leased the building since 1996, when the city purchased the former post office and federal courthouse from the U.S. Postal Service. The center is home to the county's H. Earl Clack Museum. When a five-year lease expired in 2001, the foun...