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10/12/06
Milton Indy Article #2
Bandshell
Halfway To Its Goal
Churches Raise Money For Performance Center
By KATE MILLER
| Staff Writer
The Milton
Outdoor Performance Center (MOPC)
is well on its way to groundbreaking as fund-raising efforts have
netted over
half the money needed.
“We’re over halfway and it’s very exciting,” said Lonnie Poland,
the missional leader for Cornerstone Community Church and one of the
project coordinators.
Poland said the team has raised $12,500 of their original goal of
$20,000. Donations of time and money have rolled in from area
businesses, the Ronald McDonald House Charities, several Milton
residents and individual citizens, the Amy Tarrant Foundation, and the
Richard Tarrant Foundation.
“We’re on target. It’s been a lot of work and we have been
diligent about it, things have been going along without significant
delays or obstacles,” Poland said.
In addition, the project has received approval from the Milton
Development Review Board and now has its building permit in hand. Poland
said there were no significant hang-ups during the DRB process.
“The town’s been very supportive and receptive toward the idea,”
she said.
The two church parishes have banded together to raise the funds for the
outdoor stage area, construct it, and give it to the town as a gift. The
proposed center is a dome-shaped metal structure with an open back and a
raised stage area. The roof will be capable of suspending one ton of
lighting, backdrops, or other equipment.
Poland said the project coordinators will continue to fund-raise through
the winter with the hopes of breaking ground in the spring. The
fund-raising events include a craft bazaar on Dec. 2, and a dinner-dance
at the Eagles Club on Jan. 20 hosted by the WOKO radio station.
The boundaries for the MOPC has been staked out in the Recreation Park
on Bombardier Road, and the coordinators have been updating the
community through a Web site, http://www.miltoncenter.org/
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