Crooked Tree Plans 2028 Exit from Carnegie Building, TADL Slated to Take Over
By Beth Milligan | Aug. 15, 2026
Negotiations over dueling proposals for the city-owned Carnegie Building on Sixth Street have reached a proposed resolution. City commissioners Monday will consider extending Crooked Tree Arts Center’s lease through October 2028, after which the nonprofit plans to exit the building. That would pave the way for Traverse Area District Library to fully take over the property, returning to its once historic home.
CTAC and TADL were the only two respondents this spring to a city request-for-proposals (RFP) to occupy the Carnegie Building. CTAC moved into the building in 2015, adding a second campus to its location in Petoskey.
TADL’s publicly expressed interest in returning to its former home on Sixth …
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