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fiscal year. It is impossible, however, for the town and the county to apply jointly for funds to renovate or build new quarters for Sursum Corda’s day care center. A total of $1.4 million is the maximum available for the three projects.
(According to John Capelle, executive director of the Rappahannock-Rapidan Planning District Commission, day care centers are eligible for block grant money but rank low on the list of priorities. He said that funding chances would be improved if day care could be incorporated into a community center along with programs that relate to delinquency prevention, job training, nutrition and health. Capelle added that arts related programs would not be eligible for funds under community and economic development block grants.)
Initial discussions on an arts center didn’t include options for block grants or other large funding sources, according to Mitzie Young. Instead, the group had proposed to gradually renovate the back portion of Carrigan's rear building, remodeling it into an arts center in accordance with his stipulations. In response to the broader concept of a community center. Young said it is conceivable that the front building could fill space needs of Sursum Corda and other community center activities previously mentioned. “They could both be part of the same thing but separate,” she said.
"We would have to change the main thrust of the group to become eligible for block grant,” noted Bill Young.
In arriving at a general statement to be included in papers filed for incorporation, the group decided to describe itself as promoting arts, education and social services. The corporation's purpose will be to hold and administer property in the interests of the community at large.
Mitzie Young, Sam O'Connor, Camille Harris and Daphne Hutchinson were named to a nominating committee to come up with a list of ten to 15 taxpaying citizens willing to serve as members of the corporation's board of directors. They were requested to suggest individuals representative of all the diverse factions in the county.
Reports from the incorporating and nominating committees will be presented at the next meeting of the arts center group set for Monday, May 3, at 7:30 p.m. in the courthouse.
"The corporation will look into the Carrigan building and any other possibilities—the old Gay Street theater, another building or a new structure." Lee Bird noted.
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