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Michael Loje wrote:Problem with an auditorium without a specific tenant or purpose have one thing in common: they all lose money. Let me rephrase my earlier post: Lets talk about alternative uses that don't lose money.
Apologies if mentioned earlier but how about a party center? If you leave the churchish elements, it could be a one stop for weddings followed by a reception. Ideally, it could be catered by a choice of all of the local restaurants and caterers that come on board. We are doing better for party venues, but since Brennan's closed down I don't think we have had a dedicated party center in town.
The building has cost problems associated with it one of them is making it ADA compliant.
Some have looked at it and found this to be a large stumbling block.
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Jim O'Bryan
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Michael Loje wrote:Problem with an auditorium without a specific tenant or purpose have one thing in common: they all lose money. Let me rephrase my earlier post: Lets talk about alternative uses that don't lose money.
Apologies if mentioned earlier but how about a party center? If you leave the churchish elements, it could be a one stop for weddings followed by a reception. Ideally, it could be catered by a choice of all of the local restaurants and caterers that come on board. We are doing better for party venues, but since Brennan's closed down I don't think we have had a dedicated party center in town.
The building has cost problems associated with it one of them is making it ADA compliant.
Some have looked at it and found this to be a large stumbling block.
.
This is exactly the kind of problem that modest public subsidies could solve!
If the use of the building was changed from church or auditorium, and into something like housing, ADA compliance would be designed into the new project. It would no longer be an issue.
