The Presque Isle City Council will vote Thursday on whether to allow the city to purchase the Nordic Heritage Center, an outdoor sports center and community fixture at the city’s limits that closed in December.

In a memo included in the packet for Thursday’s council meeting, City Manager Sonja Eyler said the city offered $1 million to the owner, Portland-based Libra Foundation, in a letter of interest for the 750-acre property.

Eyler said in the memo that the foundation “responded favorably” to the offer, which is $500,000 below the current asking price of the property and just over a third of the original listed price of $2.9 million.

The letter of interest was not immediately available upon request.

The Libra Foundation has asked the city to sign a purchase and sale agreement p

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