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Resolution Authorizing Agreement between the City of Greensboro and Van Dyke Performance Space, LLC for the Lease and Operation of the Van Dyke Performance Space at the Greensboro Cultural Center
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Department: Parks and Recreation
Council District: 3
Public Hearing: N/A
Advertising Date/By: N/A
Contact 1 and Phone: Phil Fleischmann 373-3275
Contact 2 and Phone: Nasha McCray 373-2375
PURPOSE: To enter into a twenty (20) year agreement with Van Dyke Performance Space, LLC, an agency operating under the United Arts Council of Greater Greensboro, Inc., d/b/a ArtsGreensboro; for the lease and operation of the Van Dyke Performance Space at the Greensboro Cultural Center.
BACKGROUND:
Jan Van Dyke, PhD was a renowned dance choreographer, educator, scholar, and community leader who, upon her passing in 2015, willed $1 million to ArtsGreensboro for the creation of a state-of-the-art, multi-use performance space within the Greensboro Cultural Center. This 300 seat, 7,500 sq. ft. venue known as the Van Dyke Performance Space opened to the public in late 2016.
ArtsGreensboro and the City have been negotiating a lease and operating agreement for the space. If approved, Van Dyke Performance Space, LLC, a subsidiary of ArtsGreensboro, will operate the performance space for a period of twenty (20) years and will re-invest operating surplus into facility improvements. Public use of the space will continue through City Arts music, drama, and dance programs. This arrangement allows for free public use of the space during specified times and allows for the operating organization to maintain the space in a desirable, cost effective fashion.
The Parks and Recreation Commission unanimously supported the City's entering into the 20-year agreement at its August 9, 2017 Commission meeting. Pursuant General Statute, 160A 272, Lease or Rental of Property, property may be rented or leased only pursuant to a resolution of the council authorizing the execution of the l...
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