Issue Project Room Next Up To Get Saved By the City
Issue Project Room, the exceedingly well-booked and determined non-profit arts space that has bounced from the East Village to the Gowanus Canal to the Old American Can Factory, will live on a little longer. Last year, the space and its energetic, curly-haired doyenne, Suzanne Fiol, beat out more than 99 other cultural organizations for a spot on the first floor of a historic theater in Brooklyn (the city sold the theater to DUMBO developers Two Trees Management in 2003, but mandated that that an arts space be part of the deal). Issue's triumph at finding a permanent home was tempered by what it would cost to rehab the cavernous, crumbling theater: $2 million dollars. A capital campaign raised a striking amount of money-- $350,000--and now comes the news that the city, in the form of Brooklyn borough president Marty Markowitz, will be kicking in an addition $1.1 mil for renovations.![]()





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