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Mayor Melody Thompson and Urban Renewal Agency Chair
Tony Helbling joined Chuck Nakvasil of Cinemagic in breaking ground
for the long awaited theater and parking lot for the City of Canby.
A large crowd of excited residents watched and learned that October
26, 2009 is the opening day for the theater.
Former Community Development Director John Williams introduced the
concept in February of 2006. In a community survey in March of 2006,
94.5 percent of the
830 respondents indicated they favored a cinema in Canby. High school students
listed a movie theater as top priority during a poll taken in several classes.
The Canby Urban Renewal Agency purchased land to build a 154-space public parking
lot. The City also received a land donation from the Cutsforth family in the
form of a reduced sales price for the parking lot property and a gift from the
estate of Alice Klohe, allowing additional land to be purchased to expand the
public parking lot project. |
