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People's Ballroom & Workshop Grows!

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Parent Issue
Day
4
Month
February
Year
1972
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People's Ballroom & Workshop Grows!

Saturday January 29, people began the work on the People's Ballroom, the actual physical work. About 30 brothers and sisters of our community cleaned out the junk and trash that was sitting in the ballroom area, so that in the near future construction can begin. A heating system has been ordered for the ballroom, to be installed in the next week or so, and the wall between the ballroom and crafts area has been constructed. The next step is to wash the walls and install the insulation on the ceiling.

On another front, the financial report of Tribal Council Week is ready. After paying expenses for the benefit at the Union Ballroom Dec. 19th, $276 was made. The initial cost of the poetry reading was $250. The total intake of the poetry reading and the film night, minus the cost of the film night was $309. The cost of the community dinner was $20. Thus the total income from Tribal Council Week was: $276 + 309 = 585 - 250 = 335 - 20 = $315. In addition to this $315, another $100 was donated in honor of Tribal Council Week to the Community Center Coordinating Council, by a group that put on a cartoon extravaganza at Alice Lloyd Hall.

This financial report should be put in the perspective of the overall community center financial picture. The initial estimate of the rehabilitation cost was $8,000. Towards this, the community center Project pledged $2,000, Ozone $2,000, Free People's Clinic $2,000 and Drug Help $1,500. The monthly costs for the building--rent, light, heat, and utilities, was estimated at over $1,400/month, with the community center project paying $625, Drug Help paying $200, Ozone $250, and the Free Clinic $250. The rest of the costs were to be met with monies raised from the community, as were other operating expenses.

Currently the Community Center coordinating council has about $6,500. Pledged monies from the four organizations total nearly $4,000. We also have outstanding bills for about $4,000. Of the remaining $6,500, $3,100 will go immediately into heating equipment for the ballroom and crafts area. The floor for the ballroom has a projected cost of almost $1,500. The insulation for the ballroom and crafts area may reach $750. The electrical work and lighting may be donated, but that is still uncertain, but if it has to be paid for, it may cost as much as $2,500. The bathrooms in the ballroom will probably cost almost $1,000. (One has to be added from scratch.) These costs do not include any costs of equipment for the ballroom or crafts area, or the plumbing that may have to be completed for the crafts area. Anyway, all the currently available monies are committed into the actual building of the building. More money is still badly needed!

More progress reports like this will appear in the future issues of the SUN. For those that are interested in the development of the community center, here is the meeting schedule for a normal week

Tuesday 3 pm -Community Center Project Meetings (anyone into the workshop or ballroom)
Wednesday 8 pm -Drug Help General Meeting

Stay High
-MMC

The People's Ballroom before: after depends on us.