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Legal Support Fund 2010

We need your help.

Our goal is to reach $15,000 within 45 days. We are asking you to donate to this special fund. Use your major credit card to make a tax-deductible donation. You can also send a check to Beach Theatre Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 258, Cape May, NJ 08204.

Your contribution can help us stop the demolition of the Beach Theatre. Learn more.

The Beach Theatre

City of Cape May Loan Demand

On April 30th, the Beach Theatre Foundation responded to the City of Cape May's demand for repayment for the loan given by the City from New Jersey state funds for use to secure the lease of the theater in 2007. Although the term of the loan as stated is through September 2012, the City has called the loan as a result of the Frank Investment management's refusal to renew the lease which was tied to the City loan. The BTF is awaiting a response from their letter requesting a meeting with the City Manager to discuss the repayment terms. After they requested it, a previous letter dated September 24, 2009 was not given a response by the City.

Read the text of the Letter to the City Manager and City Council of Cape May dated April 30, 2010 PDF document

Read attachment Letter to Honorable Mayor Ed Mahaney and Bruce MacLeod, Cape May City Manager dated September 24, 2009 PDF document

Demolition Prevented

On Wednesday, January 20, 2010 the Cape May City Historic Preservation Commission heard a case for partial demolition presented by Frank Investments, owners of the Beach Theatre complex. After three hours of presentation and testimony, followed by public comment, the commission voted 5-2 to decline the petition. This was the second such petition to the HPC. The first demolition permit was granted in 2007, but not executed by the owners before it expired.

Read the Beach Theatre Foundation's Statement read into the record by Treasurer Bernard Haas PDF document

Help save a landmark - Donate Today

Cape May's historic Beach Theatre opened June 29, 1950, the child of renowned theater architect William Harold Lee. The 860-seat movie house debuted with Father of the Bride.

Today, the Beach Theatre needs your help to remain a Cape May landmark. Your tax-deductible donation helps ensure that future generations will be able to enjoy this theater by the sea.

Download this form to donate offline PDF document

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