ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — The future of the new Carter G. Woodson Museum is in limbo. Museum leaders are no longer asking Pinellas County for capital funding because they said the Gas Plant redevelopment project is uncertain.

The Rays have a March 31 deadline to show they can fund the project and are taking steps to do so. St. Pete city leaders said regardless of the Rays, they are committed to supporting the museum and it’s future.

“The Carter Museum has been a tremendous resource,” said Mark Huber, a social studies teacher at St. Petersburg Catholic High School.

He said the school often partners with the museum for different programs, and they appreciate their contributions to education.

“It’s impressive in its current form but certainly it would be worthy to the central focus of the museum, Black history, to see it expanded,” Huber said.

Expansion was part of the Gas Plant district plan. But the whole project is up in the air due to funding sources. County commissioners considered this before moving forward with the museum’s request to receive $10 million in capital funding.

“If we’re not going to have a stadium, and we’re not going to have a Gas Plant district, I’m not sure why we’re taking this up now,” said Chris Latvala, a county commissioner.

On Tuesday, the museum’s executive director, Terri Scott, sent a letter to commissioners that read in part, “We face challenges in meeting the criteria set for this year’s Capital funding cycle, particularly given the uncertainties surrounding the master development of the Gas Plant redevelopment project.”

Commissioners said they also want to see the investment from the City of St. Pete in the project.

Some city council members attended an event showcasing prominent African Americans in St. Pete at John Hopkins Middle School Wednesday. News Channel 8 On Your Side asked council member Corey Givens about the museum’s future.

“I can certainly understand and support the decision by the executive director to pull that from the agenda and to delay the discussion, but for me, it’s delayed, not denied. I’m certainly interested to do our part to fund that museum expansion effort,” Givens said. “This is bigger than baseball. This is about development of the gas plant district; this is about preserving and protecting black history.”

In Scott’s letter to commissioners, she said they will reapply for the funds when there is more certainty.