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Topic: Help for my local town
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Freddie Lewis
Film Handler
Posts: 1
From: Morehead, KY, USA
Registered: Nov 2011
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posted 03-14-2012 07:52 AM
My friend Chris wished for me to post this:
We hope this information finds you in good health. I'm Chris Ball and my wife Tammy and I bought the Towne Cinema from the late Lanny & Scottye Franklin 2 1/2 years on June 1 2009. The Towne Cinema is a building located in the heart of West Liberty, KY, that was constructed in 1971 and went operational on Thanksgiving Eve in 1972. This would be its 40th anniversary this November. It's a brick and mortar theater. It is one of two underground theaters in North America. Our box office is level with Main St, and when you purchase your ticket you go downstairs into the lobby and then into the auditorium.
Our projector is over 50 years old, it is an old Century projector with an old Christie lamphouse. Our projector setup is before the creation of platter systems or digital cinema.
On March 2nd, our town was struck by an EF3 tornado. It took out all but two of our restaurants. It struck all the government buildings and offices. It devastated almost all of the local banks. And it also struck the Towne Cinema. We don't own the building, but own the equipment, which everything suffered water damage because it blew the roof off the building above us and rain and melted snow seeped through their floor through our roof. We are 99% certain that the building will be demolished and we have begun, and almost finished with, salvaging what we could.
Our intent is to purchase a lot in our little home town and put a three screen theater with an arcade and maybe some pool tables. I don't care if we make one red cent; our community needs a way to escape the tragedy our county and community suffered in a way that only movie magic can provide. We've located the ground and have begun paperwork with FEMA and SBA to get this project rolling. Our mission right now is to contact as many movie companies and projector businesses and see if there is any aid or equipment we could get donated for us to rebuild, in case the SBA loans are not approved and FEMA aid is not enough to cover.
We want to so desperately replace our old equipment because it is long overdue to retire; the projector, screen, sound system, concession equipment, we want our community to be able to enjoy an all new theater. Our community needs a place where their mind can escape from the tragedy and devastation our community has suffered. And people are already asking us: when are you reopening? We keep hearing from the community that we are the ONLY thing for our school kids to do besides the local community center gym.
Again, I thank you for your time in reading our letter and hope you can aid us in any way.
Chris Ball
Towne Cinema
591 Main St
West Liberty, KY 41472
thetownecinema@gmail.com
Again, if you have any information that may be helpful to Chris & the Towne Cinema please email him. Thanks.
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