Community Hall Foundation Wins $10,000 Community Impact Award
Community Hall Foundation's renovation project that has restored
the Akron Civic Theatre to its days of old has earned the group a $10,000 Community
Impact Award, an award that is co-sponsored by Dominion East Ohio and Inside
Business magazine.
In the eighth annual award competition, Dominion awarded $50,000
to seven winners selected by a panel of judges from 65 entries submitted by
organizations from throughout northeast Ohio. The award recognizes cities or
groups that have made an impact in the community. Grant funds come from the
Dominion Foundation.
After the $22 million renovation, the Akron Civic Theatre
is once again the "Jewel on Main Street." Built in 1929, the Akron
Civic Theatre has the appearance of an outdoor theater surrounding the garden
of a Moorish castle. It is one of only five remaining depression-era atmospheric
theaters in the country. The renovations are the first phase of a two-phase
project. In the coming years, restoration will begin in the grand lobby, ticket
office, general offices and the theater's store.
"We support the outstanding efforts of all the people
involved in these award-winning projects," said Jay L. Johnson, president
and chief executive officer. "Their work goes a long way in revitalizing
our communities and making them better places in which to live, work and play."
Other Community Impact Award winners include:
Ohio City Near West Development Corporation for
its massive renovation and redevelopment of the former Fries and Schuele building
in Ohio City, which now includes a market and apartments;
Youngstown Warren Regional Chamber Foundation for
an ongoing continued commitment towards building the infrastructure in the
region through Grow Mahoning Valley;
Slavic Village Development, for a project that helped
preserve Mill Creek Falls in the Warner Road-Turney Road neighborhood;
ParkWorks, for its beautification project at Orchard
School Community Park;
Stark County Regional Planning, for the StockPile
program, which helps needy families with funding and supplies for emergency
repairs to their homes; and
Common Wealth Inc., for Sycamore Place, an apartment
complex for seniors in Campbell.
Dominion has a diversified and integrated energy portfolio
consisting of about 24,000 megawatts of generation. Dominion also serves more
than 3.8 million franchise natural gas and electric customers in five states.
For more information about Dominion, visit the company's Web site at www.dom.com.
