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Main Street receives $2.5M to stabilize historic theater facade; board to demolish rear Quonset hut, preserve marquee
Summary
Main Street received a $2.5 million state appropriation for an East Pasco Cultural Arts Center. The plan presented calls for demolishing a Quonset-hut-style rear structure while stabilizing and restoring the historic façade and recreating the original marquee; Main Street will manage demolition and subsequent fundraising for interior build-out.
Council members asked questions about a Main Street project to convert the former theater into an East Pasco Cultural Arts Center after staff said Main Street has received roughly $2.5 million in state funding for acquisition, stabilization and planning.
What the funding covers: Staff said the appropriation included purchase of the building (purchase price cited in the meeting as $675,000) and funds for demolition of the nonhistoric Quonset-hut rear…
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