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WORK ON WHAT
WAS ONCE THE
CORNERSTONE
OF A NORTH
OMAHA
NEIGHBORHOOD
IS CURRENTLY
UNDERWAY --
THE OLD BLUE
LION CENTER IS
BEING
RENOVATED.
A LOCAL NON
PROFIT GROUP
HOPES TO MAKE
THE BUILDING
THE HUB OF THE
COMMUNITY
ONCE AGAIN.
JOHN CHAPMAN
HAS THE STORY.
..THIS HISTORIC
BUILDING WILL
REMAIN AS A KEY
COMPONET TO THE
NORTH OMAHA
COMMUNTITY..
BRIGITTE
MCQUEEN SHEW
LOOKING OVER
PLANS FOR HER
NEW SPACE.
BRIGITES UNION
FOR
CONTEMPARY
ART COULD BE
DEMOLISHED
AND BECOME
PART OF THE
FAIR DEAL
MARKET
PROJECT....
THE PLAN IS FOR
THE UNION TO
RELOCATE INTO
THE OLD BLUE
LINON CENTER
ON THE CORNOR
OF 24TH AND
LAKE.
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...THE UNION HAS
THE MAJORITYOF
THE SPACE IN TE
BUILDING AND SO
WE WILL HAVE 3-
THOUSASND
SQUARE OFFET OF
SPACE JUST FOR
OUR YOUTH
PROGRAMS WE'LL
HAVE ARTIST STUDIO
WE'LL EXPAND OUR
CO OP WHICXH ARE
PUBLIC DARK ROOM
PRINT SHOP ACCESS
TO EQUIUPOMENT
FOR ARTIST IN THE
COMMUNITY...
NOT ONLY IS THE
RENOVATION OF
THE OLD BL;UE
LION SETTING UP
A NEW HOME
FOR THE
UNION..THE
RELOCATION IS
ALSO SAVING AN
HISTORIC
BUILDING IN THE
COMMUNITY ,AND
KEPING THE
BUILDING OPEN
TO THE PUBLIC.
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..THE BLUE LION
CENTER HAS BEN
CLSOED FOR
ALMOST FOUR
YEARS IFNOT
LONGER THAN THAT
SO BY TYHE UNION
MOVING IN AND
WHAT WE'RE DOING
WE'RE REALLY
REOPNEING THE
BUILDIG FOR THE
COMMUNITY SO
THERSS PLENTY OF
PUBLIC SPACE WE'LL
HAVE A LIBARY OUR
EXHBITION SPACE
WE'L BE DOING
EXIBITIONS ON A
MONTY BASIS OF
THR COMMUNTY SO
THEY CAN BE
ENGANGED 21 46
01...
THERE WILL ALSO
BE SOME RETAIL
SPACE IN THE
RENOVATED
BLUE LION
CENTER
..BRIGETTE
UNDERSTANDS
THE HISTORY OF
THIS BUILDIGN
AND WHAT IT
MEANS TO THE
COMMUMITY..SH
ES PROUD TO
HELP BRING IT
BACK TO LIFE.
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...FOR US TO BE A A
PART OF
REACTIVATING THAT
BUILDING AND
REOPENIN GIT SO IT
CAN REALLY BE A
COMMUNTY CENTER
IS AN ASUME
OPPORTUNITY
TRANSCRIBE...
WITH
PHOTRAGHPER
MIKE PLEWS
JOHN CHAPMAN
WOWT SIX NEWS.
THE UNION IS
STILL RAISING
FUNDS TO
COMPLETE THE
FIVE MILLION
DOLLAR
PROJECT.
OFFICIALS HOPE
TO OPEN THE
RENOVATED
BLUE LION
CENTER
SOMETIME IN
OCTOBER.