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Carrier Construction and Services employee Todd Snyder works to remove a theater seat from the Vista Theater balcony on Dec. 2. The Negaunee based-company was contracted to shore up the interior walls of the theater’s auditorium following a roof collapse in August. (Journal file photo)
NEGAUNEE Progress continues to be made on the Historic Vista Theater in downtown Negaunee after its roof collapsed last August.
The Peninsula Arts Appreciation Council, the nonprofit organization that owns and operates the theater, said “winterizing” of the building is complete.
“We had promised right after the roof collapsed that we would be getting the debris out of the building and then shoring up the walls for protection from the wind and have temporary walls put up to protect the stage area and the balcony and lobby,” said PAAC board president Rusty Bowers. “Those are all in place.”