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Camas School Board OKs bid for historic theater remodel

Joyce Garver Theater revamp will include elevator for three-story building; district to use up to $2.5M from capital fund reserves

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Bids to restore the historic Joyce Garver Theater, located at the corner of Northeast 15th Avenue and Northeast Garfield Street in Camas, came in $2 million over budget. The theater remodel is part of a $119 million construction bond passed by Camas School District voters in 2016. Camas School Board members have now approved a bid for the remodel and will use up to $2.5 million from the district's capital fund reserves to fund the project. (Post-Record file photo)

The Camas School Board Tuesday unanimously approved plans to move forward with the renovation of the historic Joyce Garver Theater.

The theater revamp is one of the final chapters in the $119 million construction bond Camas School District voters passed in February 2016.

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