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CCT Studio/Stage Door lobby renovations completed
Cranbrook Community Theatre (CCT) is proud to announce the Studio lobby renovation projects are complete.
With funding totaling $35,800 from the Government of Canada’s Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund, the lobby of the historic Studio/Stage Door building was renovated and retrofitted.
“Our government is pleased to support improvements to the Cranbrook Community Theatre,” said David Wilks, Member of Parliament for Kootenay—Columbia, on behalf of the Honorable Michelle Rempel, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification. “The Community Infrastructure Improvement Fund has benefited Canadian families and communities, helping to support job creation, boosting economic activity, as well as creating safe and accessible community infrastructure facilities for years to come.”
The work included: new windows, insulation, doors, and flooring, but the biggest improvement was washroom upgrading. The upgrading doubled the size of both bathrooms and has made them wheelchair accessible. The addition of these bathrooms is the second phase of CCT’s accessibility project, which started with the installation of stair glides in the fall of 2011.
“I’d like to thank Minister Michelle Rempel, MP David Wilks, and the Government of Canada for believing in this project,” said Peter Schalk, Project Manager. “Thanks as well go out to general contractor Kevin Leiman of Leiman Homes, who went above and beyond to ensure the project met not only our needs but kept with the heritage aspects of the building.”
While work was being done on the inside of the building, the City of Cranbrook replaced the roof on the building.
“Cranbrook Community Theatre is thankful to the city for taking care of the roof,” said CCT President Lorraine Harvey. “We are very fortunate to have such a positive relationship with the mayor, council, and city staff who appreciate the work it takes to keep this heritage building in good shape.”
With additional funding from Columbia Basin Trust (CBT), the CCT has been able to add new gutters and downspouts to the new roof. The remainder of the monies from the CBT went into the third phase of the CCT’s project, the main entrance and the upper lobby.
The main entrance has been retrofitted with energy efficient doors and windows. Also, new carpeting has been installed on the stairs and in the main lobby upstairs.
The cost for the entire project totaled over $100,000.
Originally built in 1909 as a Masonic Temple, the building was put up for sale in 1973. CCT lobbied the City of Cranbrook to purchase the building, which the mayor and council at the time had the foresight to do.
The city then turned the building over to the Cranbrook Community Theatre Society. This year marks the 40th anniversary of CCT’s stewardship of the building.
Cranbrook Community Theatre Society
