Historic Terrace Theatre Hy-Vee Boycott

#92: No nonsense - Want answers 

 The current owner would not talk with anyone who wanted to rent the theater to re-open it; they wanted to conver it into medical office space.  When that failed, they also refused to discuss selling the theater without also selling the mall next to it.  They also refused to let any preservationists have access to the building so that an assesment could be done to learn what it could cost to restore or repurpose it.  

The Save the Terrace group has only been together for a little over one year, and is working on getting a historic designation, which will open the door for grants,  IN fact, the group was recently awarded a grant to help pay for the historic designation process.  They don't have all of the answers, but the smaller steps need to be made before they can look for developers and financing for the larger renovation.