December 2025 saw the beginnings of the assessment of the building for construction. With items for reuse removed and the construction fence up January 2026 theater renovations are ready to go!

March 26th Update

Safety First!

When you visit our downtown, you’ll notice that the construction site fence has grown some. The expanded fencing allows the construction crew to safely do work underground and on the front of the building while on equipment, while also keeping our pedestrians safe.

Other safety measures being implemented include the reinforcing of the northernmost exterior wall of the theatre. When removing the exterior wall of the old coal chimney of the theatre on this wall, our construction team discovered that it was actually built into the wall rather than being added on, which is usually the case. Without having taken a measure such as physically peering down the chimney stack, there would have been no way of telling this was the case. Removing the exterior chimney wall means that additional stabilizing measures are needed, which is one of the things we’ve seen since the last update. This stabilization will allow for the stage, green room, storage, and loading deck to be added later on.

Images of progress of the chimney prior to reinforcement are visible in the January 29, February 12, February 26, and March 12 Archived Progress Images.

Inside the fence, the construction team continued to work on the water supply to the theatre, as well as beginning work on putting in the fire suppression system for the theatre.

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