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The idea of giving the downtown Federal Building new purpose is a good one, but renovating the historical building as the city’s multipurpose conference center is probably not its best use for several reasons.

First, we appreciate Alderman Matt Thomas for having ideas and putting them out there. A conference center in a historic post office building would provide another unique attraction for downtown, but that’s not the concept voters approved when voting on the El Dorado Forward plan. Voters were promised a center tied to South Arkansas Community College.

Also, old bu...