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Pierce Hall Community
Center, Inc.
38 Main St.
P.O. Box 36
Rochester, VT 05767 |
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Pierce
Hall Calendar DInner:
March 26, 2011
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Previous Calendar Dinners
A big success at the annual theme-based fundraising event.
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Pierce Hall Celebrates!
Sept. 18 article in The Randolph
Herald
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| Pierce Hall in the 1920’s. |
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“Where,
except in a typical New England Village like Rochester, could
such a gathering be held, old and young, from far and near,
meeting for a common purpose, a good time together?”
— Opening of
Pierce Memorial Hall, 1916 |
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| Pierce Hall today. |
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| Old sheetrock has seen
its last day. |
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WANT TO PARTICIPATE?
For further information about YOUR participation in PHCC,
please contact:
Valerie F. Levitan, Ph.D.
Executive Director, PHCC,
P.O. Box 36
Rochester, VT 05767
Phone: (802) 767-3836
vfl@piercehall.org |
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A fund has been established to be distributed to each of the five towns of the Upper White River Valley for flood relief efforts under the 501(c)3 activities umbrella of Pierce hall Community Center. The five towns are Granville, Hancock, Pittsfield, Rochester, and Stockbridge. Pierce Hall thanks North Shore Ski Club, founded in 1967, for their generous contributions. Their contributions are being matched.
If you would like to donate, please fill out checks to "Pierce Hall Relief Fund" and send to:
Pierce Hall Relief Fund
P.O. Box 36
Rochester, Vt 05767
Because of everyone's generosity over the last eight years toward the infrastructure and insulation of the building, not a drop of water from Hurricane Irene harmed Pierce Hall! Thank you all!
The next step in restoration of Pierce Hall is to construct an elevator and stair tower so that the building will be handicapped-accessible, as mandated by the Americans for Disabiities Act. In the meantime, activities in the auditorium are permitted on a case by case basis.
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Our Vision: The Five Phases of the Project
>>See
the Chronology Highlights of PHCC
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To date Pierce Hall has raised the funds for the deed transfer,
Phases I and II, (now into Phases III and IV) and has paid the
expenses such as architect’s and engineer’s fees
as well as operational costs approximating $13,000 a year for
utilities, insurance, the annual mailing, postage, and event
expenses. It has been estimated that volunteer hours have totaled
over $350,000 worth of time each year for management, grant-writing,
public relations, accounting, and incidental construction labor.
The Town of Rochester has given a 5-year tax abatement (2005-09).
Pierce Hall is listed with the State of Vermont’s Division
of Historic Sites, and its location in the Town of Rochester
has been determined to be part of the Designated Village Center.
Letters of support have been received from the six towns and
from numerous organizations such as the Center for Valley Youth,
Quintown Senior Center, Route 100 Lions Club, White River Valley
Players, Rochester Chamber Music Society, Suzuki Green Mountain
Summer Institute, and Quintown Prevention Partnership.
We thank all of you for your interest and support during the
restoration stages of Pierce Hall Community Center. We hope
you will join with us as we move foward with this project and
help us to make it happen. For further information about YOUR
participation in PHCC, please contact
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