Marquette, MI – July 14, 2023 – In the latest state budget signed by Governor Gretchen Whitmer, a multi-million dollar line item allocation was of special interest to the City of Negaunee.
The budget for next fiscal year contains $3 million for the continued effort to restore the historic Vista Theatre building in downtown Negaunee, which sustained a catastrophic roof collapse in August of 2020.
Since then, funding efforts have struggled to effectively raise an estimated $3 to $5 million needed to make repairs to get the building back into working order.
Heffron says the influx in state dollars will allow the City of Negaunee to take a bigger role in the work to save the building and develop a mix of uses for it into the future.
There has been no timeline announced yet for work to begin on the building.
-mediaBrew Communications News
