City Council votes unanimously to sell Smith Baker Center to Lowell Center for the Arts

City Council votes unanimously to sell Smith Baker Center to Lowell Center for the Arts

LOWELL — The City Council voted unanimously in executive session Tuesday evening to approve a land disposition agreement with the Lowell Center of the Arts for the Smith Baker Center so the LCA can establish itself and renovate the long-vacant building. The 141-year-old red brick former church across from City Hall has faced an uncertain future for more than two decades now. It has been without an occupant since 2002 when the Council on Aging mo…