The theatre properties include the 86 condos that would have had their property tax dollars diverted for 18 years…that is clearly what it said but then you “friends” always miscontrue the truth. “To demolish and prepare the site for redevelopment” is the village direction at this point. And bringing the totally irrelevent Yorktown development into this theatre discussion is so typical of the Dupe supporters…they simply want their share and continually bring up any and every tax supported action in town claiming “it’s not fair they got tax dollars and we didn’t”.
You are wrong there Melders..the theatre plan was dependent on the saturation of condos to provide the TIF dollars that would pay to restore the theatre. It would have taken nearly every penny of property taxes from these proposed 86 condos until 2024 to pay off the bonds needed to get enough funding to “restore” the theatre….and that’s if it did not go ever budget! The theatre would have been operating as a not for profit and, for the most part, village owned in the end. It was a losing proposition from the beginning and not a fully funded plan as they continually stated. The sad thing now is that the wrecking ball is coming and no plans for creative reuse are even being discussed. Once the supporters realized the game was up they should have jumped in on the adaptive re-use bandwagon but instead they jumped on the “accusations and name calling” bandwagon and caused all kinds of grief. We can count this one as a loss for preservation causes and as a tough lesson learned….something saved would have been better than nothing (which is what Lombard has ended up with)
Think it is high time for Ms. Dynako to get off her high horse…and come to her senses. The theatre demolition is the will of the people and not just four trustees. If the will of the people was to indeed save it an any cost you would see support all over town. That is simply not the case. Game over, friends lost.
And don’t go doubting the library efforts…just because you and your failed crew (and lone library “friend”) will do anything to curtail the library plan, the residents will at least be given a chance to vote via referendum. That never happened with the theatre games. Your so called widespread support to save the theatre is not there…unless you count the couple dozen of you that continue with the same “fully funded plan” spin and the “we turned down $1.3 million in funding” (funding that was NOT real)nonsense and the berating of the board by continually questioning their integrity. And then of course the one sided “reporting” by the local tabloid..can’t even call it a newspaper anymore since it fails to report the real story time after time.
The majority of residents applaud the efforts of the trustees to finally move forward…even if it is a step backwards by demolishing the historic building. Progress is what it is.
How pathetic you so called “arm chair preservationists” are…
As has been stated time and time again if it was a VIABLE plan it would have gone somewhere other than down this path of destruction. Unless you have seen the condition of this mess on Main Street with your own eyes, you have no business commenting on the “civility” of our quaint village.
We have all kinds of crass commercialization options readily available for the children in the “Lilac Village”….the McMaple Street Chapel (with new drive up service for Big Macs), the Sheldon Peck “Holiday Inn” House(w/ free internet access), the Lowe’s Lilacia Park (take your pick of any trees from our Jens Jensen designed garden center), the Little Orphan “Auntie Annies” Pretzel Shoppe right in heart of town, and of course the new Milton Bradley’s “CLUE…Colonel Plum in the parlor with a candlestick” Memorial Library.
It’s over…the trusteees voted to authorize the DEMOLITION. Sad day really since the library board member that spoke chose to read some nonsensical letter from some preservation group rather than plead her case on behalf of the library board she is supposed to represent. I think the residents deserved better…but at least there will finally be some action.
Wow Melders…so now the “friends” words is “here that crap” (sic) as well. Glad to see you have come to your senses. And you are right, a referendum to supporters is a bunch of “crap” since that will truly prove once and for all that the “sh*t has hit the fan” once and for alll. And demolition is throwing money away? No, it is saving the village from spending millions more on a foolish and wasteful plan that is based on a false sense of reality. Dance recitals and community theatre certainly don’t make for a successful venue except at taxpayers expense.
“Backstage at the DuPage” in the local paper this week was the closest to the real truth that has ever been printed or even posted by their leaders…you are so right that the village board will finally go through with the plans to demolish the theatre and adjacent shoppes. What took so long for the reality to sink in? They are going to do it anyway…they’re going to knock the DuPage Theatre down. And there is not any money being thrown away…that state money is all smoke and mirrors and the federal grant is so full of stipulations that it would hold the theatre in the grasps of the federal governnment for 50 years! And don’t try to blame the village for lack of upkeep…the village should have torn it down five years ago or more. It’s a good thing that the sump pump is gone for good…guess the water in the basement will help contain the dust when she goes down in one big pile of terra cottta and bricks. And the cover shots with the state senator…did you hear what he had to say? A referendum is needed…too bad it is too late for that as you already blew your chance at that a few years back.
Come one, come all! Watch the village finally do the right thing tonight…they are finally going to end this once and for all.
Looks to me like Restoration Rita’s been drinkin' a few too many margaritas if she believes the friends are NOT the problem. Who would support a project run by such an arrogant and self serving group? Obviously not enough people in town since support has NEVER been strong. The only thing on the side of the friends is the local paper…that has proven time and time again that the only news is the “friends” side of the theatre saga.
September 1st will go down as the day the old Dupe is finally done…no more nonsense, no more discussion, no more theatre. Period. Best thing yet for Lombard given how things have turned so sour in past few weeks. Best viewing on cable will be the theatrics the supporters pull on the board during public comment…sure hope the board members all have earplugs so they don’t have to listen.
Well CVB you simply need to see the “preservationists” (aka Friends of the DuPage Theatre) website to see the real bickering. One only need to read their weekly column in the local paper to see how they continue to rant with their “fully funded plan” and “won’t cost taxpayers a dime” routine. No progress on fundraising or building awareness…just continued attacks of the local politicians that fail to agree with them. Read through their so called “news” at www.dupagetheatre.net to see for yourself where the real bickering starts. You will learn lots….that is for sure.
Just goes to show how far these “preservationists” will go to save the old lady…but with their lack of organization, class, and business smarts they have instead taken her to the black hole of eminent destruction. This despite the repeated extension of an olive branch to make good on a common goal of partial restoration (instead of total demolition). But egos and fanatical ranting and false accusations have done them in…a lesson to all that are interesting in preservation. One would quickly learn what NOT to do when trying to restore a grand old theatre…to ensure demolition follow “The DuPage Friends Guide to Theatre Restoration”.
The bickering will be back big time come Thursday September 1st. The board agenda includes formal rejection of the Save Our Treasures grant and the unfunded Illinois FIRST funding (which is state dollars from a broke state program that has not paid out a penny to any group in years despite political promises of the “pork”).
The fact of the matter is the game is over..the supporters can bicker back all they want but the truth is it is over and done. Sad turn of events give the compromises put forth in the past several weeks but then it always was the “egos” of the friends that pushed them into this corner of demolition looming within days.
The library at the theatre site has been discussed for the past few years. Only now has the library board “officially” thrown it’s hat into the theatre game. The residents want a new library. The last referendum failed not on the basis of need for a library but based on the flawed plan that was presented to the voters. The library survey of residents proves that an overwhelming majority of residents support a new downtown library. The scenario as presented by “DuPage Dude” is so full of holes…typical of “friend-like think”. If the Dupe site was so coveted by some “convenient developer” why would the village waste yet another year or more going round and round with the library board and placing the issue on the spring ballot? If this site was so coveted it would have been SOLD years ago and a new development already done or at least forthcoming (without the theatre). Lombard WINS with a library/theatre plan more than they ever would with the Friends/RSC plan. The Friends better jump on the “library train” today before the last car leaves….or it could really derail their theatre dreams.
Indeed it would set a great example but don’t count on it anytime too soon….that would make too much sense. Given the shenanagins of late with false accusations of back room deals and other nonsense, the “friends” will likely create a human chain to block the bulldozers come demolition day. It truly is sad that when the olive branch of community wide cooperation gets immediately snipped by the narrow minded theatre supporters. Blame the detractors and website creators all you want but the only ones to blame in the end are the Friends themselves.
Says Ms. Lippig of the Friends…“There is something we’re working on — that looks tremendously promising,” she said, noting it is not a financial solution but one that both Cronin and former Senate President James “Pate” Philip are helping restoration activists craft behind the scenes. “We are working on a strategy, and it’s a very good one. I think it’s going to happen, but I couldn’t get him to see or understand that.”
The only strategy the friends should be working on now is to build public support for a library at Main & Parkside that incorporates components of the theatre lobby and facade. Otherwise all their denial and attacks will simply lead to demolition…then they have no one to blame but themselves when the bulldozers come.
Not that you could since you don’t even have access anymore….just so sad that you friends don’t embrace the idea of partial restoration with the library. This weeks Lombardian was actually a little more balanced. Thank goodness the “detractor faction” is growing.
And to think Ms. Dynako is the “official” communication director for the Friends of the DuPage Theatre…and as long as she continues to spout out her mistruths on the RSC plan, the “retractors” need to keep things in check. The friends and the foundation are for the most part the same. One need only look at their website to see they are tightly joined with the same message and, for the most part, the same so called leadership. The sad part is the local paper is on their side and fails to report anything other than “pro theatre” dialogue (and a few detractor Speak Outs and letters now and then). And Dupe Neighbor, you are so right. The problems of the theatre are right in the mirror of the supporters…and yet they continue to blame our Village Board.
And has been said time and time again, if egos could simply be checked at the door, the library effort is the best and last chance to make something happen. It can get it on the spring ballot for a referendum to preserve theatre components and bring a new library to the village. If this is not embraced today, the friends will soon be left with only a book of memories instead of a new place that has theatre components and a place to check out new books. Go for it friends…embrace this plan and make it work. It really is your only chance
Our new library indeed will be the pinnacle of vision and historic significance in our town. She will rise as the personification of what a library truly should be…a library for all the residents of our community and not simply some unfunded cultural dream for a few theatre zealots. A library that embraces the facade of what once was. A library that preserves historic elements of the theatre but in a facilty that will be embraced by all the residents. A library that will become a true showplace and example of creative reuse of a historic structure. The friends better jump on this wagon before it is too late…..too late for all the residents. If they fail to hitch on this ride, the theatre’s fate has only one group that can be blamed for its demise: The Friends of the DuPage Theatre.
And the owner of the Tivoli and other “Classic” cinemas has passed on the opportunity of the Dupe many times it seems…if they can make a go of it with their others it only makes sense for the old DuPage to come into their fold. Gee, could there really be a reason why this theatre has been passed over?
So true Paul…the big “IF’s” are the downfall of this project. The building is in disrepair, private financial support is nearly non-existent, the bookings are a crap-shoot for a now only 499 seat theatre (reduced the seating to address parking issues)that is NOT going to be a movie theatre again but instead “rented” for the arts like ballet and dance recitals, live theatre, and other events. It’s not like one would have been able to pull up on Saturday to see what movie or event is playing that evening.
It is very difficult…and the supporters have tried for years. The reality of the game is that the game is over. And more condos is the fix they came up with…86 more condos literally wrapped all around the theatre from top to bottom. I for one can’t see a “luxury condo” owner all too pleased with living right above the theatre marquee!
This DuPage situation has gone on for too long. The big “IF’s” have done her in.
No warning? The clock was ticking for years. The village board took away the keys only after years of false starts and unfunded dreams. Then out of the blue comes this so called white knight proposal from RSC. This coming from the same group that only months before was “anti-condo” then decides to add 86 units around the theatre as it is the only salvation. Only problem is the so called new plan includes only $110,000 in so called “private” funds (pledges, not money in the bank) for the well over $8.5 million dollar project that they continually claim is fully funded. Fully funded via tax dollars when one realizes that $4 million is coming from the non-existent TIF extension, $2 million from the developer in exchange for the sale of the land and a so called donation, and tax credits and federal funds. Not one penny in private dollars to build what will become a village owned money pit. The trustees have been more than patient. One needs to take a ride down Main Street to truly appreciate what an eyesore this really is. Check out the photos at www.dupagetheatre.com
Read the enlightening discusssion and chat about all that is going on in the village’s fascinating public forum at www.lombardvillagevoice.com
But you better get your “spin” right…cause we certainly don’t remember a balcony in the theatre as your Tribune nonsense talks of today. How they could print such garbage puts them in the leagues of that Lombard tabloid. Glad to see too that RSC has reduced the building to four stories and that all the parking is now below grade. Wow..the spin, the rhetoric, the games you people play to save this wreck of a building. Tear it down…sooner the better.
But let’s not forget the ad hoc committee and all the games played by the supporters for all these years that have amounted to nothing. Your odds of saving this decaying relic are next to none. You’d have a better chance winning the lotto than seeing this place restored before it is too late.
And TIF is to jumpstart development not fund nearly the entire project! And now “over the years” is only two going on three years?
The only misleading information comes from the local tabloid and the theatre supporters. The real story has been reported by the respectable local papers in their editorials that clearly stated it is time to move on. The real story has been heard by our village board and they have acted on behalf of the majority of residents and not the few remaining theatre zealots. It is a sad commentary that they continue this fight when it is so clearly over. Take this energy on to a real cause.
The theatre properties include the 86 condos that would have had their property tax dollars diverted for 18 years…that is clearly what it said but then you “friends” always miscontrue the truth. “To demolish and prepare the site for redevelopment” is the village direction at this point. And bringing the totally irrelevent Yorktown development into this theatre discussion is so typical of the Dupe supporters…they simply want their share and continually bring up any and every tax supported action in town claiming “it’s not fair they got tax dollars and we didn’t”.
You are wrong there Melders..the theatre plan was dependent on the saturation of condos to provide the TIF dollars that would pay to restore the theatre. It would have taken nearly every penny of property taxes from these proposed 86 condos until 2024 to pay off the bonds needed to get enough funding to “restore” the theatre….and that’s if it did not go ever budget! The theatre would have been operating as a not for profit and, for the most part, village owned in the end. It was a losing proposition from the beginning and not a fully funded plan as they continually stated. The sad thing now is that the wrecking ball is coming and no plans for creative reuse are even being discussed. Once the supporters realized the game was up they should have jumped in on the adaptive re-use bandwagon but instead they jumped on the “accusations and name calling” bandwagon and caused all kinds of grief. We can count this one as a loss for preservation causes and as a tough lesson learned….something saved would have been better than nothing (which is what Lombard has ended up with)
Think it is high time for Ms. Dynako to get off her high horse…and come to her senses. The theatre demolition is the will of the people and not just four trustees. If the will of the people was to indeed save it an any cost you would see support all over town. That is simply not the case. Game over, friends lost.
And don’t go doubting the library efforts…just because you and your failed crew (and lone library “friend”) will do anything to curtail the library plan, the residents will at least be given a chance to vote via referendum. That never happened with the theatre games. Your so called widespread support to save the theatre is not there…unless you count the couple dozen of you that continue with the same “fully funded plan” spin and the “we turned down $1.3 million in funding” (funding that was NOT real)nonsense and the berating of the board by continually questioning their integrity. And then of course the one sided “reporting” by the local tabloid..can’t even call it a newspaper anymore since it fails to report the real story time after time.
The majority of residents applaud the efforts of the trustees to finally move forward…even if it is a step backwards by demolishing the historic building. Progress is what it is.
How pathetic you so called “arm chair preservationists” are…
As has been stated time and time again if it was a VIABLE plan it would have gone somewhere other than down this path of destruction. Unless you have seen the condition of this mess on Main Street with your own eyes, you have no business commenting on the “civility” of our quaint village.
We have all kinds of crass commercialization options readily available for the children in the “Lilac Village”….the McMaple Street Chapel (with new drive up service for Big Macs), the Sheldon Peck “Holiday Inn” House(w/ free internet access), the Lowe’s Lilacia Park (take your pick of any trees from our Jens Jensen designed garden center), the Little Orphan “Auntie Annies” Pretzel Shoppe right in heart of town, and of course the new Milton Bradley’s “CLUE…Colonel Plum in the parlor with a candlestick” Memorial Library.
It’s over…the trusteees voted to authorize the DEMOLITION. Sad day really since the library board member that spoke chose to read some nonsensical letter from some preservation group rather than plead her case on behalf of the library board she is supposed to represent. I think the residents deserved better…but at least there will finally be some action.
Wow Melders…so now the “friends” words is “here that crap” (sic) as well. Glad to see you have come to your senses. And you are right, a referendum to supporters is a bunch of “crap” since that will truly prove once and for all that the “sh*t has hit the fan” once and for alll. And demolition is throwing money away? No, it is saving the village from spending millions more on a foolish and wasteful plan that is based on a false sense of reality. Dance recitals and community theatre certainly don’t make for a successful venue except at taxpayers expense.
“Backstage at the DuPage” in the local paper this week was the closest to the real truth that has ever been printed or even posted by their leaders…you are so right that the village board will finally go through with the plans to demolish the theatre and adjacent shoppes. What took so long for the reality to sink in? They are going to do it anyway…they’re going to knock the DuPage Theatre down. And there is not any money being thrown away…that state money is all smoke and mirrors and the federal grant is so full of stipulations that it would hold the theatre in the grasps of the federal governnment for 50 years! And don’t try to blame the village for lack of upkeep…the village should have torn it down five years ago or more. It’s a good thing that the sump pump is gone for good…guess the water in the basement will help contain the dust when she goes down in one big pile of terra cottta and bricks. And the cover shots with the state senator…did you hear what he had to say? A referendum is needed…too bad it is too late for that as you already blew your chance at that a few years back.
Come one, come all! Watch the village finally do the right thing tonight…they are finally going to end this once and for all.
Looks to me like Restoration Rita’s been drinkin' a few too many margaritas if she believes the friends are NOT the problem. Who would support a project run by such an arrogant and self serving group? Obviously not enough people in town since support has NEVER been strong. The only thing on the side of the friends is the local paper…that has proven time and time again that the only news is the “friends” side of the theatre saga.
September 1st will go down as the day the old Dupe is finally done…no more nonsense, no more discussion, no more theatre. Period. Best thing yet for Lombard given how things have turned so sour in past few weeks. Best viewing on cable will be the theatrics the supporters pull on the board during public comment…sure hope the board members all have earplugs so they don’t have to listen.
Well CVB you simply need to see the “preservationists” (aka Friends of the DuPage Theatre) website to see the real bickering. One only need to read their weekly column in the local paper to see how they continue to rant with their “fully funded plan” and “won’t cost taxpayers a dime” routine. No progress on fundraising or building awareness…just continued attacks of the local politicians that fail to agree with them. Read through their so called “news” at www.dupagetheatre.net to see for yourself where the real bickering starts. You will learn lots….that is for sure.
Just goes to show how far these “preservationists” will go to save the old lady…but with their lack of organization, class, and business smarts they have instead taken her to the black hole of eminent destruction. This despite the repeated extension of an olive branch to make good on a common goal of partial restoration (instead of total demolition). But egos and fanatical ranting and false accusations have done them in…a lesson to all that are interesting in preservation. One would quickly learn what NOT to do when trying to restore a grand old theatre…to ensure demolition follow “The DuPage Friends Guide to Theatre Restoration”.
The bickering will be back big time come Thursday September 1st. The board agenda includes formal rejection of the Save Our Treasures grant and the unfunded Illinois FIRST funding (which is state dollars from a broke state program that has not paid out a penny to any group in years despite political promises of the “pork”).
The fact of the matter is the game is over..the supporters can bicker back all they want but the truth is it is over and done. Sad turn of events give the compromises put forth in the past several weeks but then it always was the “egos” of the friends that pushed them into this corner of demolition looming within days.
The library at the theatre site has been discussed for the past few years. Only now has the library board “officially” thrown it’s hat into the theatre game. The residents want a new library. The last referendum failed not on the basis of need for a library but based on the flawed plan that was presented to the voters. The library survey of residents proves that an overwhelming majority of residents support a new downtown library. The scenario as presented by “DuPage Dude” is so full of holes…typical of “friend-like think”. If the Dupe site was so coveted by some “convenient developer” why would the village waste yet another year or more going round and round with the library board and placing the issue on the spring ballot? If this site was so coveted it would have been SOLD years ago and a new development already done or at least forthcoming (without the theatre). Lombard WINS with a library/theatre plan more than they ever would with the Friends/RSC plan. The Friends better jump on the “library train” today before the last car leaves….or it could really derail their theatre dreams.
Indeed it would set a great example but don’t count on it anytime too soon….that would make too much sense. Given the shenanagins of late with false accusations of back room deals and other nonsense, the “friends” will likely create a human chain to block the bulldozers come demolition day. It truly is sad that when the olive branch of community wide cooperation gets immediately snipped by the narrow minded theatre supporters. Blame the detractors and website creators all you want but the only ones to blame in the end are the Friends themselves.
Says Ms. Lippig of the Friends…“There is something we’re working on — that looks tremendously promising,” she said, noting it is not a financial solution but one that both Cronin and former Senate President James “Pate” Philip are helping restoration activists craft behind the scenes. “We are working on a strategy, and it’s a very good one. I think it’s going to happen, but I couldn’t get him to see or understand that.”
The only strategy the friends should be working on now is to build public support for a library at Main & Parkside that incorporates components of the theatre lobby and facade. Otherwise all their denial and attacks will simply lead to demolition…then they have no one to blame but themselves when the bulldozers come.
Not that you could since you don’t even have access anymore….just so sad that you friends don’t embrace the idea of partial restoration with the library. This weeks Lombardian was actually a little more balanced. Thank goodness the “detractor faction” is growing.
And to think Ms. Dynako is the “official” communication director for the Friends of the DuPage Theatre…and as long as she continues to spout out her mistruths on the RSC plan, the “retractors” need to keep things in check. The friends and the foundation are for the most part the same. One need only look at their website to see they are tightly joined with the same message and, for the most part, the same so called leadership. The sad part is the local paper is on their side and fails to report anything other than “pro theatre” dialogue (and a few detractor Speak Outs and letters now and then). And Dupe Neighbor, you are so right. The problems of the theatre are right in the mirror of the supporters…and yet they continue to blame our Village Board.
And has been said time and time again, if egos could simply be checked at the door, the library effort is the best and last chance to make something happen. It can get it on the spring ballot for a referendum to preserve theatre components and bring a new library to the village. If this is not embraced today, the friends will soon be left with only a book of memories instead of a new place that has theatre components and a place to check out new books. Go for it friends…embrace this plan and make it work. It really is your only chance
Our new library indeed will be the pinnacle of vision and historic significance in our town. She will rise as the personification of what a library truly should be…a library for all the residents of our community and not simply some unfunded cultural dream for a few theatre zealots. A library that embraces the facade of what once was. A library that preserves historic elements of the theatre but in a facilty that will be embraced by all the residents. A library that will become a true showplace and example of creative reuse of a historic structure. The friends better jump on this wagon before it is too late…..too late for all the residents. If they fail to hitch on this ride, the theatre’s fate has only one group that can be blamed for its demise: The Friends of the DuPage Theatre.
Raze her except for the facade…and build a library.
And the owner of the Tivoli and other “Classic” cinemas has passed on the opportunity of the Dupe many times it seems…if they can make a go of it with their others it only makes sense for the old DuPage to come into their fold. Gee, could there really be a reason why this theatre has been passed over?
So true Paul…the big “IF’s” are the downfall of this project. The building is in disrepair, private financial support is nearly non-existent, the bookings are a crap-shoot for a now only 499 seat theatre (reduced the seating to address parking issues)that is NOT going to be a movie theatre again but instead “rented” for the arts like ballet and dance recitals, live theatre, and other events. It’s not like one would have been able to pull up on Saturday to see what movie or event is playing that evening.
It is very difficult…and the supporters have tried for years. The reality of the game is that the game is over. And more condos is the fix they came up with…86 more condos literally wrapped all around the theatre from top to bottom. I for one can’t see a “luxury condo” owner all too pleased with living right above the theatre marquee!
This DuPage situation has gone on for too long. The big “IF’s” have done her in.
No warning? The clock was ticking for years. The village board took away the keys only after years of false starts and unfunded dreams. Then out of the blue comes this so called white knight proposal from RSC. This coming from the same group that only months before was “anti-condo” then decides to add 86 units around the theatre as it is the only salvation. Only problem is the so called new plan includes only $110,000 in so called “private” funds (pledges, not money in the bank) for the well over $8.5 million dollar project that they continually claim is fully funded. Fully funded via tax dollars when one realizes that $4 million is coming from the non-existent TIF extension, $2 million from the developer in exchange for the sale of the land and a so called donation, and tax credits and federal funds. Not one penny in private dollars to build what will become a village owned money pit. The trustees have been more than patient. One needs to take a ride down Main Street to truly appreciate what an eyesore this really is. Check out the photos at www.dupagetheatre.com
Read the enlightening discusssion and chat about all that is going on in the village’s fascinating public forum at www.lombardvillagevoice.com
But you better get your “spin” right…cause we certainly don’t remember a balcony in the theatre as your Tribune nonsense talks of today. How they could print such garbage puts them in the leagues of that Lombard tabloid. Glad to see too that RSC has reduced the building to four stories and that all the parking is now below grade. Wow..the spin, the rhetoric, the games you people play to save this wreck of a building. Tear it down…sooner the better.
But let’s not forget the ad hoc committee and all the games played by the supporters for all these years that have amounted to nothing. Your odds of saving this decaying relic are next to none. You’d have a better chance winning the lotto than seeing this place restored before it is too late.
And TIF is to jumpstart development not fund nearly the entire project! And now “over the years” is only two going on three years?
The only misleading information comes from the local tabloid and the theatre supporters. The real story has been reported by the respectable local papers in their editorials that clearly stated it is time to move on. The real story has been heard by our village board and they have acted on behalf of the majority of residents and not the few remaining theatre zealots. It is a sad commentary that they continue this fight when it is so clearly over. Take this energy on to a real cause.