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Corona council backs repairs, asks for more tenant input on Historic Civic Center arts plan
Summary
City staff presented an operations plan to reposition the Historic Civic Center (HCC) as the city’s arts campus, outlining repairs, programming and a $7.7 million cost estimate; council agreed to proceed with repairs but directed more detailed consultations with existing tenants and historic‑preservation stakeholders.
City staff presented a proposed operations plan for the Historic Civic Center (HCC) and asked the City Council for feedback on using the site as Corona’s Center for the Arts.
Donna Finch, community services director, told the council the HCC “is an incredibly valuable asset to the city,” and summarized an assessment that identified building and site needs including upgraded HVAC and sprinklers, roof work, improved theater audio‑visual systems and accessibility, and expansion or modernization of restrooms. Finch gave a high‑level cost estimate of about $7.705 million for building, site and theater repairs and another roughly $1.2 million for site work and $1.0 million for furniture, fixtures and equipment.
The plan would continue existing arts leases, expand programming, and phase improvements…
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