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A toast to the arts
OWASCO - A downtown movie house and performance arts center can rejuvenate the business center of a struggling small town, many economic development experts concur.
At the Owasco Country Club Thursday, the Cayuga County Arts Council held its second annual ARTini fundraiser to help the cultural side of Auburn reach its full potential. And its top-priority project is the restoration of the Schine Theater in downtown Auburn.
For an example of the restoration of a once-seedy movie house leading to a recovery for a downtown area, one needs look only two lakes over to Geneva. There, the renovated Smith Opera House has been the catalyst for a business boom. Twenty years ago, the Seneca Lake city was plagued with street-level crime and violence, and many of the storefronts were boarded up. The Smith, as its called by locals, helped greatly in changing that.
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