Update: All money pledged for Franklin Theatre restoration
FRANKLIN -- The Heritage Foundation of Franklin and Williamson County has matched a $1.5 million challenge grant from the Martin Foundation for the restoration of the Franklin Theatre, the nonprofit preservation organization announced in a press conference today.
The former movie theater on Main Street closed in January 2007. The project restores the 1937 theater as a public performance, movie and meeting venue.
The matching of the challenge grant is part of the $6.5 million goal for the purchase and restoration of the theater.
If all goes as planned, the facility will open in spring 2010, said Heritage Foundation President David Garrett.
The Foundation was able to raise the $1.54 million in about 60 days.
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