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Ptah

(33,493 posts)
Wed Sep 28, 2022, 08:10 PM Sep 2022

Historic Willcox Theater to get $1 million in federal funding

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — Tourism, the arts and Willcox's historic district are about to get a big funding boost from the federal government, as the Commerce Department's Economic Development Administration (EDA) announced a $1 million grant via the American Rescue Plan.

The grant award, announced Tuesday, Sept. 27, will go toward the non-profit Willcox Theater and Arts, Inc., and support the renovation of its historic buildings in downtown Willcox's Railroad Avenue Historic District, according to the EDA.

Th EDA says funds will also be used in the construction of a new Willcox event space.



https://www.kgun9.com/news/local-news/historic-willcox-theater-to-get-1-million-in-federal-funding
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Historic Willcox Theater to get $1 million in federal funding (Original Post) Ptah Sep 2022 OP
good for them! Kali Sep 2022 #1

Kali

(55,741 posts)
1. good for them!
Wed Sep 28, 2022, 08:35 PM
Sep 2022

meanwhile Benson now has a Jack in the Box AND a Burger King!

(along with a Wendy's. and more up on the hill)

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