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Committee advances LDDA and 55-year lease to rehabilitate Geneva Car Barn arts center
Summary
The committee approved an LDDA, a 55-year lease and MOU to support rehabilitation of the historic Geneva Car Barn and Powerhouse; Rec and Park outlined a $23.9 million project budget and stressed the need for fundraising and tax-credit financing.
The San Francisco Budget & Finance Committee on Oct. 8 advanced a lease disposition and development agreement (LDDA), a 55-year lease and related access license to support rehabilitation of the Geneva Car Barn and Powerhouse as a community arts and job-training center.
Supervisor John Avalos framed the item as the culmination of a decade-long community effort to restore the historic MTA-era Car Barn and to provide arts education and job training for underserved youth in southern San Francisco. Nicole Averlin of the Recreation and Parks Department presented project details, saying the reuse would include a 99-seat black-box theater, audio-visual studios, a 70-seat cafe…
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