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WUNC reports from Greensboro about Guilford County and surrounding area.

Proposed Performing Arts Center Gets $20 Million In Support

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Fundraisers of proposed Greensboro Performing Arts Center announced this week they’ve received $20.7 million dollars in pledged private support. Proponents of the project want to bring a venue similar to D-PAC to Greensboro. It’s estimated to cost $60 million  and the hope was to raise one third of that through private channels.

Due to this fundraising success the goal of private donations has now increased from $20 million to $30 million. Greensboro has an aging auditorium and leaders want to replace it with a state of the art facility. This week, Guilford County Commissioner will consider allocating $10 million from a hotel-motel tax for the performing arts center. Next Tuesday the City Council could vote on whether or not to buy six downtown plots of land that could be used as a site for the location.

Jeff Tiberii is the co-host of WUNC's "Due South." Jeff joined WUNC in 2011. During his 20 years in public radio, he was Morning Edition Host at WFDD and WUNC’s Greensboro Bureau Chief and later, the Capitol Bureau Chief. Jeff has covered state and federal politics, produced the radio documentary “Right Turn,” launched a podcast, and was named North Carolina Radio Reporter of the Year four times.
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