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Richmond CenterStage is Go for 2009

Scott Cochran — Mon, 15 Jan 2007 07:06:24 +0000

This week Mayor Wilder accepted the final report from the Committee for the Performing Arts.
Details include:

City Ownership of the complex
Opening Fall of 2009
Shift $2M from Centerstage to Landmark

VAPAF Meets Funding Goal

Scott Cochran — Wed, 20 Dec 2006 19:58:05 +0000

According to this Times-Dispatch article, the VAPAF has reached their fundraising goal for refurbishing the Carpenter Center. The new combined facility will be called “Richmond CenterStage” and the Carpenter Center will be named the “Carpenter Theater”.

The last financial report published on the VAPAF.com website is from Feb. 2006. The final report from the “committee for the arts” is due to be submitted to Mayor L. Douglas Wilder by Dec. 31.

Privatize VAPAC ?

Scott Cochran — Wed, 13 Sep 2006 02:13:46 +0000

Mayor Wilder’s committee for the Performing Arts has released another interim report. It includes a proposal to form a private corporation, the Grace Street Center Corp., whose directors are chosen by the City and the VAPAF. According to the report, up to $12M in tax credits might then be available to the corporation which would not be available to the non-profit VAPAF.

The Times-Dispatch has an article.