The theater is part of the historic Gordon Square Arts District, which has seen a multimillion-dollar redevelopment in recent years.
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View full sizeDancers rehearse at the Gordon Square Theatre in 2005. The Ohio Department of Development today said it was providing $200,000 for removal of asbestos from the theater's ceiling.CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Federal stimulus money will help with the continued renovation of the Cleveland Public Theatre, in Cleveland's Detroit-Shoreway neighborhood.
The Ohio Department of Development said today that $200,000 from a new fund to clean up and revitalize historic sites is headed to the theater, for asbestos removal.
The theater is part of the historic Gordon Square Arts District, which has seen a multimillion-dollar redevelopment in recent years.
The new money should pay for asbestos removal in the ceiling of Gordon Square Theatre, one of three performance venues that constitute Cleveland Public Theatre, said general manager Denis Griesmer.
The work is scheduled from January to March, when the Gordon Square Theatre is typically closed, Griesmer said.
The project will not only make the building safer, but will also help in the job-generating restoration of the neighborhood, state development Director Lisa Patt-McDaniel said in a news release
