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Kelowna council spotlights names for Community Task Force on Performing Arts

Kelowna Mayor Tom Days will chair the task force
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Kelowna Community Theatre is 60 years old and showing its age, according to Citizens for a New Performing Arts Centre. (tourismkelowna.ca)

Kelowna city council has revealed the names of those who will make up the Community Task Force on the Performing Arts.

Its mandate is to recommend opportunities to advance the redevelopment of the Kelowna Community Theatre (KCT):

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Shane Styles

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Robert Fein

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Ryan Donn

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Laura Doncom

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Lesley Cormack

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Lisanne Ballantyne

Ï㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥¢ Nikki Csek

Lauren Macaulay

Coun. Rick Webber will also sit on the task force and Mayor Tom Dyas will be the chair.

The committee is tasked with identifying partnership and philanthropic opportunities, engaging the public for its vision, and increasing integration between all stakeholders in redeveloping the KCT.

Research commissioned by Citizens for a New Performing Arts Centre earlier this year shows that a contemporary and versatile 1,600-seat venue in KelownaÏ㽶ÊÓƵֱ²¥™s cultural district would bring substantial economic and other benefits to the region.

The 850-seat KCT is now 60 years old.

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