AUBURN - The nonprofit organization restoring the Schine Theater in downtown Auburn is forming an outside committee to help guide the effort.
The Cayuga County Arts Council has scheduled the first meeting of the Schine Theater Advisory Committee for Jan. 19 at 6:30 p.m. at Willard Chapel.
Arts Council President Dia Carabajal is looking for six to eight people to sit on the committee, but said there could be more if there were interest. The council has made some inquiries of people whom members feel would be appropriate for the committee, which will be a conduit for community input, Carabajal said.
Membership on the committee, which will meet three or four times a year, will be at invitation of the arts council. Anyone interested in being on the committee should contact Carabajal at 253-6840 or by e-mail at dcarabajal@adelphia.net.
The Jan. 19 agenda includes current updates on the restoration project, the arts council's vision for the project and general brainstorming with all aspects to the theater restoration.
Carabajal said the arts council is waiting for the release of about $250,000 in grant money that U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton secured for the restoration of the South Street landmark. An environmental impact report to that end was recently completed.
The council has plans to use part of the money for asbestos abatement. Other interior work can't be done until it is removed, Carabajal has said.
The formation of the advisory committee is the most recent effort by the council to increase community involvement in the Schine project. In November, the council displayed some of the Schine's restored light fixtures at a Business at Five, an event hosted by the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce. It also participated in the Auburn Downtown Business Improvement District's holiday activities.
The council aims to have the Schine completely restored by 2012.
Arts Council President Dia Carabajal is looking for six to eight people to sit on the committee, but said there could be more if there were interest. The council has made some inquiries of people whom members feel would be appropriate for the committee, which will be a conduit for community input, Carabajal said.
Membership on the committee, which will meet three or four times a year, will be at invitation of the arts council. Anyone interested in being on the committee should contact Carabajal at 253-6840 or by e-mail at dcarabajal@adelphia.net.
The Jan. 19 agenda includes current updates on the restoration project, the arts council's vision for the project and general brainstorming with all aspects to the theater restoration.
Carabajal said the arts council is waiting for the release of about $250,000 in grant money that U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton secured for the restoration of the South Street landmark. An environmental impact report to that end was recently completed.
The council has plans to use part of the money for asbestos abatement. Other interior work can't be done until it is removed, Carabajal has said.
The formation of the advisory committee is the most recent effort by the council to increase community involvement in the Schine project. In November, the council displayed some of the Schine's restored light fixtures at a Business at Five, an event hosted by the Cayuga County Chamber of Commerce. It also participated in the Auburn Downtown Business Improvement District's holiday activities.
The council aims to have the Schine completely restored by 2012.
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