FRESNO, Calif. (KSEE/KGPE) - Almost $87,000 has been allocated to repair a 96-year-old historical theatre successful Fresno, Councilmember Miguel Arias announced Tuesday.
Arias says the $86,900 assistance from District 3's infrastructure funds volition enactment captious preservation efforts by providing Warnors Theater with extortion repairs including recoating, debris removal, unit washing, foam cutting, and reapplication of an acrylic overgarment apical coat.
Officials accidental a anterior sojourn to the theatre revealed h2o seeping done the extortion into a bucket, further highlighting the request for these upgrades.
The astir 100-year-old theatre serves arsenic an epicenter for performing arts and films, but besides a venue for operation workers, electricians, designers, and different tradespeople who usage their skills for the arts and civilization economy.
The metropolis has besides antecedently allocated funds for the rehabilitation of different section humanities and taste centers similar the Water Tower, Hotel Fresno, Arte Américas, African-America Museum, Meux Home, and the Old Armenian Homes.
Anyone who would similar to lend to the theater's preservation and improvements tin donate oregon unpaid done the Warnors Theater website.