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Quinn Announces $6 Million Grant to Broadcast Museum
CHICAGO (AP) -- Gov. Pat Quinn has announced a $6 million capital grant to the Museum of Broadcast Communications to assist with the completion of its new facility in downtown Chicago.

In remarks prepared for an event with museum officials and supporters Friday night, Quinn said that as one of only three museums dedicated to broadcast history in the nation, completion of the project will help enhance Illinois' tourism industry.

MBC officials anticipate the completed museum will create approximately 200 jobs.

The 62,000-square-foot facility will be located at State and Kinzie Streets, next door to Harry Caray's Restaurant and the House of Blues Hotel.

The grant comes through Illinois Jobs Now!, a $31 billion capital plan aimed at creating and retaining more than 439,000 jobs over the next six years.

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