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January 2008 and the Model reopened on 1 May 2010. Funding for the redevelopment included a grant of €2.4 million which was provided by the BMW Regional Assembly under an ERDF grant scheme for designated Gateways and Hub Towns. The Model:Niland project was the largest beneficiary in the BMW Region under the grant scheme. A further grant of 1.75 million euro was received from Access 2 funding under the Arts Council. Sligo Borough Council provided 600,000 euro in 2009. The €2.9 million grant, minus 600,000 already spent on groundworks for Sligo museum was switched to the Model Arts project in late 2008. A further 118,554 was granted in 2010 under the cultural development fund of the Arts Council. Sligo County Council spent 2.15 million on the Model Arts Centre project up to 2010. In all, €6.4 million was borrowed by Sligo County Council in relation to a new Cultural Quarter for Sligo Town up to December 2010.
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opened a fine dining restaurant in the Model. By June 2011, the restaurant had moved to Sligo town centre. In July 2011, Irish
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