Columbus council OKs $3M TIF grant for Crump Center for the Performing Arts redevelopment

The Columbus City Council voted 9-0 to approve a Columbus Redevelopment Commission grant not to exceed $3 million to the Crump Center for the Performing Arts (CCPA) to help fund the estimated $21 million restoration and expansion of the Historic Crump Theatre (Columbus city release; The Republic). The redevelopment commission had approved a resolution authorizing the grant on Sept. 21, pending the council vote (The Republic).

City officials and project documents say the TIF funds will be contingent on final approval of required state grants; confirmation of pledged private donations; formal adoption of amended nonprofit articles establishing CCPA as a neighborhood development corporation; and review of CCPA’s pro forma with favorable recommendations from the redevelopment commission’s financial consultant and historic-theater consultant (The Republic; Columbus city release). Current plans call for renovating the existing 16,500-square-foot theater and adding a new 15,000-square-foot, four-level east addition, roughly doubling the facility; Indianapolis firm DKGR is leading design work and AMS Planning & Research is engaged to advise operations over the next two to three years. Project documents show the renovation would seat more than 800 for traditional performances and about 950 for partially seated events, and CCPA has described an anticipated 18-month construction schedule finishing in fall 2028 (The Republic).

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