SAULT STE. MARIE, MI (AP)-- A theater in Sault Ste. Marie is preparing to be restored to its 1930s glory through a $7 million capital campaign.
The Evening News of Sault Ste. Marie reports the Soo Theatre Project is receiving support from the Sault Ste. Marie Downtown Development Authority, which pledged their resources and connections Wednesday to help complete the project in conjunction with the Sault's 350th anniversary in 2018.
The authority's director, Justin Knepper, says the project is getting closer to launching a capital campaign. Through grant matching and money raised from a summer concert series, there's $70,000 in an account that can only be used for repairing the theatre's failing roof.
An architectural rendering in 2014 estimated it would cost nearly $7 million to restore the theatre to its original Spanish castle theme. A further estimate indicated the exterior and roof would be $650,000.
