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The fledging Rappahannock Associa l ion tor I he Aris and i lie CommuniH appears Vo haw.e Io»imI a home— at least lor the time be in V!—in Washington's Ca\ Street Theater.
] h e non-profit organization, dedicated to the promotion ol the arts and eomnuiniu activities in the counts, had iniliallv hoped to work out a lease with owner William Carrigan lor the old Washington school.
At Mondas night's general membership meeting. Jo\ Luke. in lent m RAAC president, acknowledged that Carrigan’s building was considered ideal because ot the space it could provide for arts-rclatcd classes as well as per I or in a nces . RAAC presented Corrigan with a proposed lease tor the lacilits but he rejected it as unacceptable. both from the standpoint of his interests and those ol RAAC. she reported.
As an alternative. C'arrigan offered to lake over as temporarx building manager and schedule events lor this tail in the old school. RAAC’s board of directors turned down the proposition, however, maintaining that it would be unacceptable to spend the organization's funds on nccessari renovations without a lease or some sort of assurances for the future. Luke said.
“It might be possible that we'll still get that building
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