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Marathon County hears push to preserve UW-Stevens Point at Wausau campus; staff outline RFP and grant options
Summary
Marathon County officials and staff received public comment urging preservation of the Veninga Theater and other campus facilities at UW-Stevens Point at Wausau, and discussed options for future ownership and use including an internal RFP and the possibility of state redevelopment funding.
Several dozen residents, arts leaders and nonprofit representatives urged Marathon County officials to preserve the UW-Stevens Point at Wausau campus and its Veninga Theater while county staff outlined options for the site and a process for soliciting proposals.
Brian Kolich, executive director of the North Central Wisconsin Workforce Development Board, urged the committees to consider relocating the county job center to the UW-Stevens Point at Wausau campus, saying the current job center building across from the YMCA will be demolished for an assisted-living facility and “we need space to go to.”
The comment period that followed featured repeated appeals from arts organizations and educators. “That facility is turnkey ready,” said Sarah Rudolph, who ran the UWMC theater program for three decades, and urged the county to retain knowledgeable technical staff. Paul Radke, president of the Wausau Community Theater, said the Veninga has been essential to local performing arts groups that draw participants and audiences from across the region. Jim Hawkins, a longtime stagehand…
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