Freight & Salvage - PRWeb Press Release Group http://www.rsspad.com/rss2/23145.xml Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse news - Powered by PRWeb and RSSPad en xml@emediawire.com xml@emediawire.com 30 Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Begins Construction of Its New Green Performance Space, School and Café in Downtown Berkeley http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb667153.htm The Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, the longest-established full-time folk and traditional music venue west of the Mississippi River, has started renovation of a 70-year-old building in Berkeley's Downtown Arts District, transforming it into its new, 18,000-square-foot green performing arts and teaching facility. The nonprofit organization's new home at 2020 Addison Street, slated to open in early 2009, will have a 440-seat listening room, double the capacity of its existing venue. The plans also include an additional performance space seating 60-70 people, a state-of-the-art sound system, a café and six classrooms. (PRWeb Feb 4, 2008)

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]]> Mon, 04 Feb 2008 08:00:00 GMThttp://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/02/prweb667153.htm Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse Awarded $1.161 Million Grant for New Home, Begins Construction on Green Building in Downtown Berkeley; CCHE Grant to Fund State-of-the-Art Performance Space for Folk Music http://www.prweb.com/releases/2007/12/prweb575606.htm Freight & Salvage Coffeehouse, the longest-running, full-time venue for folk and traditional music west of the Mississippi River, announced today it has been awarded a $1.161 million grant from the California Cultural and Historical Endowment (CCHE) to fund construction of its new green performance space, school, and café. Construction will begin before the end of the year on the nonprofit's 18,000-square-foot venue at 2020 Addison Street, in Berkeley's Downtown Arts District. (PRWeb Dec 11, 2007)

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