City Arts District Welcomes Its First Business

City Arts District Welcomes Its First Business

Friday, February 25, 2011

This Century Art Gallery’s Art Education Center will be the first business to locate in the city’s newly created arts district.

The center will move from its current location in Williamsburg Crossing to 110 Westover Avenue, formerly Brooks Real Estate. The new location will include additional classrooms to expand the arts education programs, house staff offices and eventually incorporate a small gallery or display space.

“The GT Brooks family’s contributions to this effort made the expanded relocation possible,” said the Gallery’s new Executive Director, Kerry Mellette. “The expanded space will allow us to respond to the community’s growing interest in a wide variety of art education classes.”

The move is only temporary, until the Gallery has the resources to build its Community Arts Center on Paper Mill Creek on South Henry Street. Until then the new space will allow the organization to benefit from various tax and fee incentives for 5 years.

"The City welcomes TCAG's classroom space to the newly designated Arts District," said Mayor Clyde Haulman. "This is an excellent example of the type of business we would like to attract to the City."

In addition to offering more classes and workshops to the schedule, the Gallery will also start new programs for adults and kids. The annual Kids' Art Day, which is a free community outreach event of fun-filled, hands-on, creative art activities for children, will be the first event held at the Art Center’s new location on Saturday, March 19, from 9 a.m. until noon. An Open House highlighting summer classes and Summer Art Camp for Kids (SACK) will be held in early June.

The North Boundary Street location will continue to be the main gallery space, displaying work by local, visiting and student artists.

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+7 #6 Guest 2011-02-27 18:52

Quoting kbar:

Way to "draw" in a new business.

oh that's really funny!!

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+9 #5 Guest 2011-02-27 09:53

This " temporary arrangement" is hardly a money maker. I know the Mayor is an ecomonics professor and,as such, has never had to make a profit.

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-9 #4 Guest 2011-02-26 09:46

This is just the start. Let's make the "arts" district as famous as Colonial Williamsburg. We have a great location, great residents, but lets bring life to our economy. Our taxes are increaqsing due to lack of income ideas. lLets not get crused by other communities. Other matter: where is that traffic light at that "confusion" place :-/

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0 #3 Guest 2011-02-25 19:17

There are many reasons that williamsburg crossing struggles not the least of which is the landlord does not mind that people leave. Countless tenants have tried to work with him but he just doesn't seem to care.
The competition offered by NewTown or WBG is simply that. Competition. He should be aware of it and adapt.

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+8 #2 Guest 2011-02-25 15:52

Exactly how does vacating office space in JCC and filling office space in the city with discounts,waive d fees, and tax breaks diversify the economy.

I'm sure that the owner of the new location is happy, and the owner of the building in JCC is sad.

If this is what we have to look forward to in the future I am not impressed.

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+17 #1 Guest 2011-02-25 13:23

Way to "draw" in a new business. :lol:

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