As I am sure you are aware, we have been working hard ‘behind the scenes’ to achieve the centre’s refurbishment and at long last this is imminent. On behalf of the Board
and staff of the Crescent I am delighted to let you know our plans for the coming months, which have now been finalised.
The first, and most important news is that we now have a timetable for the preparation and construction works for our project. The first step in this is that we need to
vacate the Crescent building by the end of March 2008, immediately following the end of this programme. This is to enable various building surveys to be completed. There will then be a two month European tendering process to appoint building contractors. We
are aiming to have builders on site by August 2008 and the ‘new Crescent’ finished by December 2009.
We are in negotiations now with a view to renting premises (within a mile radius of the Crescent) to which we will relocate while the building work is in progress.
Our intention is to have these premises available before 28 March 2008.
We plan to continue our programmes of artistic activities in the new location and work is ongoing to establish the content and volume of those programmes.
Once we have confirmation of the premises and established the capabilities of the spaces available we will, of course, publish the next Crescent programme. Whilst we will do our utmost to accommodate as many activities as possible, you will appreciate that we will not be able to meet all such requirements in the temporary premises.
As the January 2008 programme will be the last in the current Crescent building, we would like to thank you all, for your loyal support over many years and are counting
on that continuing support through this period of transition. We look forward to the day when we can welcome you back to the refurbished Crescent.
During January, February and March we will keep you in the picture as things develop! Look out for our new temporary address on our web site and notice boards.
We hope you enjoy the images of the Crescent in its former guise as Victoria College and the new designs for the refurbished Crescent throughout the programme.
With every good wish.
Liz Donnan