OCR Text |
Show 10 SPRINGVILLE HERALD Thursday, March 27, 2008 City loo ks to renovate Villa 1 lieate Christi C. Babbitt SPRINGVILLE HERALD City staff members are currently adding up how much they think it will take to renovate the historic Villa Theater in downtown Springville in anticipation of taking those amounts before the city council for consideration. The city purchased the building, located at 254 S. Main, in January for $335,000. It's clear that renovation will cost thousands thou-sands of dollars, but the finished product will provide pro-vide a performance space for local groups and out-of-town performers as well as a potential meeting place for businesses and the city. "It's one of the most positive pos-itive things that the council can do to keep downtown vital," said Springville City Recreation Director Chuck Keeler. "It will bring people peo-ple downtown more and more." According to information informa-tion at www.utahtheaters. info, the structure, originally origi-nally called the Rivoli Theater, The-ater, was built in 1927 by Emil Ostlund. It was renamed re-named the Villa Theater sometime in the 1960s. Keeler said he and Springville City Facilities Manager Shaun Orton are currently putting together their renovation cost estimates esti-mates and plan to submit them as part of the city's proposed 2008-09 fiscal year budget. The council is still discussing exactly what it envisions for the facility, Keeler said. r ! rs rt nmn r """""v 35 i nun A CLYDE COMPANY I ' i ' f i 35 E. 400 S. - Springville 491-2600 GARDEN - LUMBER HARDWARE PLUMBING ELECTRICAL AUTOMOTIVE PAINT -TOOLS All your home hardware needs! The city bought the theater the-ater using money from the sale of other property, Keeler said, and there is about $160,000 left in that fund that could be used for renovation work. Renovations would begin be-gin as soon as direction is given by the. council, he said. The original desire was to open the building up for an event during Art City Days in June, but that isn't likely at this point. Some of the plans currently cur-rently being considered, however, include redesigning redesign-ing the lobby area so there is one central entrance into the theater instead of the two side entrances that currently exist. Stairs to the theater's balcony would be removed and the balcony, which doesn't meet requirements of the Americans With Disabilities Dis-abilities Act, will likely be closed to the public and accessible ac-cessible only to technical personnel. Walls would be moved to place entrances to the restrooms inside the lobby instead of inside the theater itself . Closing the balcony means losing seats, but by reconfiguring the seating, the theater could accommodate accom-modate approximately 300 seats on the main floor, Keeler said. The seats themselves need to be recovered re-covered and the floor re-finished. re-finished. Keeler said plans call for improving wheelchair wheel-chair access in the theater and creating wheelchair seating. "One of the big desires and needs that we hear about from the commu nity is recitals - the ability to stage recitals," Keeler said, adding that plans call for creating a space for a ft V ' i 1 Thr i nijiuyee5 cnucK Meier, left, and Shaun Orton stand on the stage of the historic nit !rfnow pJ2r!l SP"n9v,,,e- TheLcity Purchased the theater in Januarf. and Keeler and Orton are now examining how to renovate the theater and how much rt will cost grand piano that would remain permanently in the theater. The theater's lack of backstage space would be aided by moving the stage's front curtains toward to-ward the audience about six feet, increasing the space behind the stage area, he said. A small room below the stage needs to be improved to accommodate space for a green room. Keeler and Orton are also exploring the idea of renovating the outside of the theater to look like it did when it was the Rivoli Theater. "We want the sign to go back to the original sign of the Rivoli," Keeler said. "I'm excited about it just because of the possibilities that are here," Orton said as he stood on the Villa's stage. The facility could be a venue for recitals, concerts con-certs and even film festivals, festi-vals, he said. Keeler said he would love to see Saturday matinee mati-nee movies reinstated at the theater. Many Springville residents resi-dents have fond memories of the theater. "We've had no negative comments from the public at all about revitalizing this place," he said. Exclusive Home Expo deals Family Activities food from Costd Vidd Fresh Mex & Rumbi Island Grill Free BYU Creamery Ice Cream v Tons of "gtveaways and more! V t j S $ Ml (I 3 i The 2008 Art Ball Committee has been hard at work planning a Hollywood extravaganza for this year's event. The annual big city party will be held at the Springville Museum of Art on Saturday, May 3. All citizens are invited, so mark our calendars now. Members of the committee are, left to right Kelly Jensen, Virlie Westwood, Margy Layton. Dana Moss, Natalie Petersen, Linda Priest Laura Reay. Dena Reay, Mele Garfield and Candi Bown. Not pictured: Jeff Priest, Leslie Walker, Lon Jacobson and Jessica Tyler. Jho Vafloy's Biggest Expo,' n Co) n n C 2Z oYo Utah County Association of REALTORS at the fAcKay Ivcnh Center Qt UVU in Orem. Utah Friday & Saturday, ttcrch 23-2? Bcpo hours: cum. to 0 pjxu t4sco.Y the, cqoJ things yci can cto to your tWEa Thert over 2QQ Qjftjtah best bJS4nesea sharing Kfcas fQff yvm home both inside and out ahead v fa sQmthto this weekend. 'v.tv iVi'"'l f Paratk uf Homes Landmark High School (LHS) in Spanish Fork has moved into a new school, and they are now looking for all alumni and friends of LHS to help finish raising the money needed for the Dragon Sculpture that is installed in the front entry way of the new school. . Joe Kelly, principal of LHS, invites all alumni and friends to help raise the remaining $1,500 to reach our goal of $3,000. With the help of the student body and several anonymous donors do-nors they have raised half the cost. The dragon sculpture was created by former student Paul Bawden, who graduated gradu-ated from LHS in 2006 and is currently serving in the US Marines. If you would like to make a donation to the Landmark High School Dragon please contact Lana Hiskey with the Nebo Education Foundation, Founda-tion, for your tax free donation. dona-tion. She can be reached at Lana.Hiskeynebo.edu, or 354-7400. It's Not About the House-. -s ' " ; It m - m it's about the family that lives In the house. As a local independent agent, we can design an Insurance program that's ust rigft for you and your family, Give the people you fate protection from Western States Insurance Agency, !ne, Weseri Saes General Insurance Surety Bonds v: 87 East Center Spanish Fork, Utah 84660 Matt Barber Mike Norris Mil IaIY) I :"V'""t'"sj Is - Hi put ' . mm Some Restrictions May Apply. Not Valid With Any Other Offer. Expires March 31 , 2008 (enaPluPriiities,l!(.717NS lwwtywuw w4im tttmmni www.copiesplusprintii ing.com j f 2 fl 1 i n 1 |