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About a year and a half ago, Anne Makepeace — founder and chair of the building committee for the Grand Center for Arts & Culture in New Ulm — noticed

Apr 29, 2021 Submitted photo Anne Makepeace, who revived the building now housing The Grand, is retiring as executive director of The Grand but will remain involved with its cellar press. NEW ULM — In November 2000, Anne Makepeace rescued the old Grand Hotel building and began renovating it into The Grand Center for Arts and Culture. Now 21 years later, Makepeace is retiring as the Grand’s executive director at the end of May. She is leaving behind an important artistic legacy. In the Gran...