Polk County Living
8A Polk County Itemizer-Observer • October 26, 2016
Theater: Mexico to start crowd funding this week
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The level of enthusiasm
has led Mexico to change
course.
Mexico said on Monday
that he would start an offi-
cial crowd funding cam-
paign sometime this week,
but was pending discussions
with his accountant and the
landowner.
There was a crowd funding
campaign started last week
by a third party, but Mexico
said the official one he cre-
ates will replace it and is
leaning toward using In-
diegogo.
Mexico is also talking with
Dallas Mayor Brian Dalton,
who Mexico says has been
supportive and has been
helping come up with possi-
ble ideas to save the theater.
Mexico said the theater
has explored other options
throughout the year, includ-
ing moving to Polk County
Fairgrounds, but all plans
explored led to dead ends.
He’s optimistic that the in-
creased attention on Motor
Vu means a crowd funding
attempt to raise money to
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Employees work at the snack bar at the Motor Vu Drive-In on Friday night.
purchase the land will be
successful.
Mexico said he also plans
to look at grants and apply-
ing with the National Historic
Registry and has plans to
plant trees to block noise and
light from nearby houses.
As the drive-in held its last
showings of 2016, instead of
wondering if this was the
last time he’d ever run the
Motor Vu, Mexico is hopeful
they’ll be back.
“I have a very strong feel-
ing we can all save the
Drive-In,” Mexico said.
The Motor Vu Drive-In held its final showings of 2016 on Friday and Saturday.
NEWS IN BRIEF
IndePit BBQ now smokes at Mechanico in Independence
INDEPENDENCE — IndePit BBQ has spent the summer at a new location, at Mechanico, 875 Main
St.
The barbecue continues to operate at the 70-year-old former gas station that has been converted
to a bar.
The restaurant is open from 11 a.m. to 10 p.m. seven days a week.
Independence museum seeks volunteers to help with projects
INDEPENDENCE — The Independence Heritage Museum is seeking volunteers for a variety of tasks
to meet your interests.
Some specific tasks volunteers could help with include: meet and greet visitors and provide tours;
identify origins of certain objects within the museum collection; make digital copies for search and
display; catalog, digitize and add information to the museum’s database; help plan and arrange
speaker events; and help keep the museum tidy and presentable.
The museum is open for visitors Wednesday through Saturday from 1 to 5 p.m., but can accommo-
date volunteer shifts at various days. For more information: Shannon Cockayne, 503-838-4989 or via
email at scockayne@ci.independence.or.us.
Dallas ‘roadmap’ moving forward with second phase Thursday
DALLAS — Residents of Dallas are invited to an open house Thursday to help identify priorities to
be placed on the city’s “Economic Vitality Roadmap.”
The project, sponsored by Rural Development Initiatives and the city of Dallas, uses a three-step
process to build economic development plans for rural communities.
Thursday’s open house is part of the second step and will take place at 6 p.m. at the Dallas Civic
Center, 945 SE Jefferson St., Dallas.
For more information: Greg Ellis, 503-853-9935 or greg.ellis@dallasor.gov
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