The Lompoc Theatre Project has cause for celebration. The nonprofit organization now owns the deed to the historic Lompoc Theatre building, the first step in its plan to remodel and reopen the location as a venue for the performing arts. Santa Barbara County Superior Court Judge Jed Beebe granted the organization’s petition to foreclose on the previous owner, Lompoc Housing and Community Development Corporation, a move the Lompoc Theatre Project’s President Mark Herrier hailed in a release issued by the nonprofit.
“We are excited that at long last, we finally own this theater,” Herrier said in the release. “We cannot wait to get started on its restoration. But even though it feels like we have finally reached the finish line, we are in fact just getting started.”
The restoration is projected to take at least two years to complete, the release detailed, but will need plenty of financial help from the community and local businesses. The estimated $6 million restoration will include an expanded lobby, meeting room, rehearsal space, dressing rooms, and an outdoor courtyard with disability access.
More information about the Lompoc Theatre Project is available at lompoctheatre.org or 380-6777.
This article appears in Feb 11-18, 2016.
