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Braumart Arts Center

January 2008

This is a call to join the Friends of the Braumart!

It is with great excitement and anticipation that we announce our efforts to form a non-profit group - Friends of the Braumart to purchase and restore the memorable historic theatre building in our emerging downtown. Our goal is to encourage the arts to flourish in the Dickinson County area by promoting local fine artists and local performing arts groups, providing opportunities for education in the arts, as well as providing a venue for regional and national performances and exhibits.

The Braumart, currently the Performing Arts Center on B Street, has served Iron Mountain for more than 80 years. Restoring this historic theatre is a rare chance to do something special for our community. With your support, the Braumart Arts Center can provide us with a central location for arts and culture showcased in a beautiful historic building. Many communities have overlooked the importance of the local theatre to provide downtown vitality. Considering the Braumart Theatre as an economic as well as a cultural asset opens doors to new opportunities and new life for our downtown.

A group of dedicated folks from the Dickinson County Community Theatre began this important work last year with research of the possibilities. They joined the League of Historic American Theatres, a national membership organization of theatre operators and restoration specialists who provide support and information to communities through their expert knowledge and skill. A preliminary Business Plan has been developed and we are currently searching for a qualified restoration architect who will conduct a feasibility study to ballpark the potential scale and scope of the project.

We're looking for community wide membership. We welcome all individuals, whether you are a patron of the arts, an arts lover, an artist, or a civic-minded citizen - we want you! If you're interested in joining Friends of the Braumart here's how to get involved: fill out the application with your $10 annual membership fee. Once we reach our first 100 members we will take nominations and elect the Board of Trustees. Friends of the Braumart Board of Trustees will then establish non-profit status, oversee fund-raising, acquisition, restoration, and management of the Braumart Arts Center.

Restoring a performance space can positively influence a community's quality of life and spur further economic redevelopment in the downtown district. We want you to be a part of this exciting project!

Dreams do come true, and all things remain forever possible.

Thank you,

Dickinson County Community Theatre
Dickinson Ballet Company
One Communtity Through The Arts
Iron Mountain - Kingsford (GFWC) Women's Club

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Please write check to Dickinson County Community Theatre and send to: Friends of the Braumart c/o Dickinson County Community Theatre P.O. Box 2004 Kingsford, MI 49802
Any Questions? Call 906-774-8837

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