The Hillsdale City Council voted 5-3 to approve a loan on Monday night that will help the general contractor complete renovations on the Dawn Theater. The loan will be granted to the Tax Increment Finance Authority and will come from the Hillsdale Board of Public Utilities’ budget. The purpose of the five-year loan is to...
Downtown Hillsdale’s historic Dawn Theatre celebrated its centennial on Sept. 4. The city held a ceremony outside of City Hall, across the street from the Dawn, to celebrate the start of construction. The Dawn Theatre opened in 1919 as a vaudeville and silent movie house. Since then it has functioned as a theatre, an event...
Residents are invited to celebrate the Dawn Theater’s centennial on Sept. 4 at 5:00 p.m. in the City Hall conference room. For 100 years, the Dawn Theater has sat across from City Hall and was a vibrant part of the community for most of that time. Tax Increment Finance Authority Chair Chris Sumnar said the...
The Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s Strategic Board fund approved the Dawn Theater project Tuesday, giving the Hillsdale Tax Increment Finance Authority the green light go ahead with the rehabilitation project. “It means everything,” City of Hillsdale Zoning Administrator Alan Beeker said. “It means we can actually finally get started. Everything has been on hold until...
After reassessing project plans for the rehabilitation of the Dawn Theater, Hillsdale’s Tax Increment Finance Authority has received two construction bids closer to the City’s allotted budget. TIFA’s Consultant Mary Wolfram said TIFA has also changed architect companies and is currently looking into using Gary W. Anderson Architects, who is working with C.L. Real Estate...