RED LODGE AREA COMMUNITY FOUNDATION

FLOOD RECOVERY: IT TOOK LONGER THAN WE ORIGINALLY HOPED, BUT THE DAMAGED ROOMS FROM THE 2022 FLOOD WERE RESTORED AND THE TENANTS WERE ABLE TO MOVE BACK IN. NEW FLOORING AND TRIM WAS INSTALLED, AND THE WALLS, CLOSETS, AND CABINETS REPAIRED. WE WERE EVEN ABLE TO REMOVE THE OLD BOILER, CREATING A NEW TENANT ROOM.OUTDOOR SPACE: THE CONCRETE PATHWAYS IN THE FRONT OF THE BUILDING WERE REMOVED TO INCREASE THE GREEN SPACE, TO PREPARE FOR THE INSTALLATION OF NEW SPRINKLERS THIS SPRING, AND TO DIRECT PEOPLE AWAY FROM THE NON-ADA COMPLIANT ENTRANCE. MANY NEW SCULPTURES WERE ADDED AROUND THE PROPERTY IN 2023.OVERHEAD LIGHTING IN THE AUDITORIUM WAS UPDATED TO LED'S.THE ROOSEVELT CENTER DOVE HEADFIRST INTO PROVIDING PROGRAMMING CENTERED AROUND AFTER-SCHOOL OPPORTUNITIES FOR YOUTH PERFORMING ARTS IN 2023 WITH A TOTAL OF 250 EVENTS WITH 10,072 TOTAL ATTENDEES.DURING SEVEN ALL-AGES OPEN MIC NIGHTS, THE AUDITORIUM SAW MORE THAN 100 PERFORMANCES FROM PEOPLE AGED 6-70. THE EVENTS HAD A CUMULATIVE ATTENDANCE OF 368 AND HAVE DEVELOPED A FOLLOWING OF FAMILIAR FACES AS THEY CONTINUE INTO 2024.IN APRIL, THE MISSOULA CHILDREN'S THEATER TEAM HOSTED AUDITIONS, REHEARSALS AND A PERFORMANCE OF ALADDIN AT THE ROOSEVELT CENTER THAT INCLUDED A CAST OF 28 CARBON COUNTY YOUTH ACTORS. THE PLAY WAS FREE TO ATTEND AND PARTICIPATE IN. 132 PEOPLE ENJOYED THE SHOW.SEVEN ASPIRING YOUNG ACTORS ATTENDED A FREE IMPROVISATION CLASS, HOSTED BY NOVA CENTER FOR THE PERFORMING ARTS OF BILLINGS.A NEW PARTNERSHIP HAS BEEN DEVELOPED WITH THE BILLINGS SYMPHONY, WHICH HOSTED TWO HIGH-CALIBER CLASSICAL MUSICAL ENSEMBLES AT THE ROOSEVELT CENTER IN 2023 FOR SHOWS THAT WERE FREE TO THE PUBLIC. MOST RECENTLY IN DECEMBER, THE GALVIN CELLO QUARTET PERFORMED TO 158 PEOPLE AT THE ROOSEVELT CENTER.THE RED LODGE HIGH SCHOOL HOSTED ITS TWO NIGHTS OF ONE ACT PLAYS AT THE ROOSEVELT CENTER AND SAW 230 TOTAL ATTENDEES.THE RED LODGE THEATER COMPANY PUT ON THREE NIGHTS OF HOWL-O'-SCREAM IN OCTOBER AND SAW 161 TOTAL ATTENDEES.