PDAC: Submission #1278 | Dayton Development Coalition

Submission information

Project Details

1. To which Review Panel are you submitting your project? Quality of Life

2. Project title Historic Sidney Theatre Restoration - Phase II

3. Short description Since 1921, the Historic Sidney Theatre has been an anchor of downtown. In 2009, Raise the Roof for the Arts (RTR) purchased the building with the mission to “renovate and operate the Historic Theatre for cultural, artistic and educational purposes for the benefit of the broader community”. Over the past 14 years, RTR has renovated much of the theatre. The goal of this phase is to stabilize the building, setting the stage for upper story renovations that will increase seating to 900.

Organization Details

4. Organization making the request City of Sidney

5-8. Address 210 W. Poplar Street
Sidney, Ohio. 45365

9. County Shelby

10. Recipient organization City of Sidney

11-14. Address 210 W. Poplar Street
Sidney, Ohio. 45365

15. County Shelby

16. Organization type Government

Organization Contact Details

17. Name Andrew Bowsher

18. Title City Manager

19. Organization City of Sidney

20. Telephone 937-498-8100

21. Email abowsher@sidneyoh.com

22-25. Address 210 W, Poplar St.
Sidney, Ohio. 45365

26. County Shelby

27. Additional contacts James Hill, Sidney-Shelby Economic Partnership, 937-498-9554, jhill@choosesidneyshelby.com

Location Details

28. City Sidney

29. County Shelby

30. Congressional district Ohio 4th

Financial Details

31. Funding request 1000000

32. Total Cost 1548000

33. Other sources of funds $548,000 – Private and Public Local Match

34. How the funds will be used Construction or Capital

35. Do you have matching funds raised or committed? If yes, explain in question #36. If no, skip to question #37. No

36. If yes, please provide additional information. (Or, budget document can be uploaded, see question 37) {Empty}

37. Budget Yes

Budget File Upload

theatre-pdac-budget-2023.pdf (97.01 KB)

38. By what date will you be ready to spend the funds Within the next 6-12 months

39. Programs/grants for which this project would qualify State Capital Funds
Local Corporate and Foundation Grants
Community Contributions

Community Details

40. Community Need The Historic Sidney Theatre serves as the entertainment anchor for historic downtown and the anchor for the arts community of Sidney and Shelby County. While RTR has made great strides in the restoration of an impressive performing arts facility, additional funding is necessary to attain long-term sustainability for this anchor facility. By stabilizing the roof and exterior of the building, RTR can focus on efforts to increase the seating capacity to 900. This attracts more people to historic downtown, which is critical to the sustainability of RTR. It is also a vital element of the community’s long-term economic development strategy.
The Historic Theatre is not only a key downtown entertainment anchor, but it is also vital to the community’s Economic Development Placemaking Strategy (Sidney Downtown & Riverfront Development Strategy - 2020 CityVisions). As a regional manufacturing employment center, placemaking is important to meeting the employee needs of the growing industrial base in Sidney, Shelby County and the West Central Ohio Region.

41. Previous Funding: Has the requesting organization received Congressionally earmarked funding in the past? If so, please provide a brief project description, year funded, amount, and Congressional sponsor. No

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43. Existing jobs retained? {Empty}

44. Sustained permanent jobs? {Empty}

45. Please explain how you determined the job creation listed in questions 42-44. {Empty}

46. Using your best guess, of the jobs created over the next 10 years, what will the average salary be? {Empty}

47. Is your project a workforce development program? {Empty}

48. If yes, does your program center on one of the ten JobsOhio targeted industries? {Empty}

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Additional Details

50. Letters of endorsement, supporting materials, additional information. You can submit ONE PDF file that does not exceed 10 pages.

Sidney Theatre Support Letters.pdf (415.32 KB)

51. Is there opposition to the project? No

52. Name of person filling out this form. James A Hill

53. Telephone number of person filling out this form. 9374989554

54. Email of person filling out this form. This is where notification will be sent that the form was received. jhill@choosesidneyshelby.com

55. Do you want your project to be considered as a Community Project in the fiscal year 2025 –2026 State Capital Budget Bill? Yes

56. If your project type is on the list of ineligible projects (see above), please offer an explanation why your project could be eligible. If your project is not on the list, answer the question by stating that your project is not on the list of ineligible projects. Project should be eligible.

57. Has your organization received state capital budget funding in the past? If so, provide a brief project description, year funded, and amount. 2015-16 Cultural Facilities Grant for $500,000 for mechanical upgrades and stagehouse renovations.
2021-22 Cultural Facilities Grant for $100,000 for renovations to seating area.

58. Does your project have a connection with, or provide some benefit to, a state agency that has bonding authority? Please check all that apply from the following list: Ohio Facilities Construction Commission

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