Chatham, VA - Something old to something new; proposal to turn old movie theatre into fishing store

posted by ThrHistoricalSociety on February 10, 2017 at 1:08 am

From WSET.com: Doomsday doesn’t mean the end for a Chatham building. Danville Resident, Steve Delgiorno and his business partner will present their plans to the Pittsylvania County Board of Supervisors on Monday night. If approved, Delgiorno hopes to turn what was once a movie theater (Ed: Chatham Theater) into the new headquarters for Doomsday Tackle Company, a fishing company. The County has owned the building for about 30 years, and currently uses it for storage.

DelGiorno would pay $50,000 upfront to secure the building. “We’re extremely excited” said Stewart, “This particular building what we want to do for it, is set it up as an innovation slash consumer experience type facility,” explained Will Stewart, the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Product Innovation at Doomsday Tackle Company. If approved, Stewart says they would move in by the end of the month, and plan to be open for fishing business by mid summer.

Story link: http://wset.com/news/local/something-old-to-something-new-proposal-to-turn-old-movie-theatre-into-fishing-store

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