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Federal funding to transform former Sydney Street courthouse

DCN-JOC News Services
Federal funding to transform former Sydney Street courthouse

SAINT JOHN, N.B. — A performing arts centre in southern New Brunswick is receiving a $12 million investment from the federal government under the Green and Inclusive Community Buildings Program.

The project has evolved over the last five years and will result in an expanded performing arts facility, rehabilitating the old heritage courthouse on Sydney Street into a modern inclusive and accessible arts space, states a release. The centrepiece will be a 250-seat venue in addition to a secondary performance space, creative, rehearsal, training and administrative spaces.

The Saint John Theatre Company has designed the space to be a home theatre for the Atlantic Repertory Company. The transformed courthouse will house a range of cultural events, while bringing much needed opportunities for professional theatre artists to advance their careers, and training opportunities for theatre artists at all levels, the release adds.

Financing for a more modest project was announced in 2019 by Canadian Heritage and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency for the former Sydney Street Courthouse, however, the newly announced funding allows for the expanded redesign of the project, which will triple the size of the existing structure.

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