CITY AGENCY BACKS MOVE BY THEATER CONCERN VOICED ABOUT SURROUNDING PARKING.Byline: Naush Boghossian Staff Writer GLENDALE Glendale. 1 City (1990 pop. 148,134), Maricopa co., S central Ariz., adjacent to Phoenix; inc. 1910. It is located in a rich agricultural region irrigated by the Salt River project. Glendale has become one of the fastest-growing U.S. - The Redevelopment Agency unanimously agreed Tuesday Tuesday: see week. to negotiate business terms with A Noise Within theater and spend up to $100,000 to help it win approval for its new facility. But several agency members suggested that the theater should provide some parking spaces to ease pressure on already full lots nearby - an issue city officials said they would study. ``They're they're Contraction of they are. they're be very successful. A lot of people come to see their shows. We're we're Contraction of we are. we're we are going to have issues on parking with this thing,'' Mayor Bob Yousefian said. ``I think we are contributing the land for nothing, so at least we should require from them (that) they build at least one level of parking.'' Theater company representatives did not comment on the parking concerns. The plan is to lease land on North Louise Street north of Broadway, which the city purchased for $975,000, to the nonprofit A corporation or an association that conducts business for the benefit of the general public without shareholders and without a profit motive. Nonprofits are also called not-for-profit corporations. Nonprofit corporations are created according to state law. group for $1 a year, but the theater would be responsible for building and operating the new facility. Over the past year, the veteran theater company has raised more than $1 million toward building its own theater - enough to convince city leaders the group can thrive in a new and larger location. A representative of the fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. consultants hired by the theater told the Redevelopment Agency that A Noise Within will be able to raise the money to build and operate a new theater and is in the process now of completing plans for a campaign that will net more than $8.5 million. Plans for the new 26,000-square-foot facility officials hope will open in the spring of 2007 call for a venue of about 350 seats - up from the current 145. The cost is projected at $4.5 million or more. The group has called the historic Masonic Temple at 234 S. Brand Blvd. home for more than 12 years. In spite of in opposition to all efforts of; in defiance or contempt of; notwithstanding. See also: Spite the general downward trend nationally in theater ticket sales, A Noise Within will likely reach a five-year box-office high this year and will end the year in the black once again, theater officials have said. ``It couldn't be going better artistically, and we're delighted to share that success with the city of Glendale as we work together to create a lasting cultural institution not only for Glendale but for the people of Southern California Southern California, also colloquially known as SoCal, is the southern portion of the U.S. state of California. Centered on the cities of Los Angeles and San Diego, Southern California is home to nearly 24 million people and is the nation's second most populated region, ,'' said Geoff Elliott, co-founder and co-artistic director of A Noise Within. Naush Boghossian, (818) 546-3306 naush.boghossian(at)dailynews.com |
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