Hello, friends. Kelly here.

I don't often speak in the first person on social media on behalf of the Arts Council, but the news we are sharing necessitates all the heartfelt sentiment one can muster in this medium.

Being a part of this community has helped me realize that everything is possible with collaboration, love, passion, and hard work. The first three come easy, the last is slow and laborious, albeit an essential part of learning. In that process, I have learned that it is the first three that matter most. When I think of the collaborations I have been a part of during my tenure at the Arts Council, I am humbled by how blessed I am to work with my best friends every day. Even in the challenges, I find myself surrounded by talented, compassionate human beings who support one another, inspire one another, and continually re-imagine what is possible.

When looking for a new home for the Arts Council, it was hard to align our needs and wants with our non-profit budget. But everything works according to a clock and plan much greater than our human understanding. At a moment when we felt the weight of indecision, our friends at Rust Media, Jeff Rawson and Gary Rust, informed us that the owners of Peachy Keen would be focusing their attention on their new Roni's adventure, and that a space at Scout Hall would be open to us. The prospect of this was too good for us to pass up.

So our news, friends, is that our new home is the Scout Hall building on Broadway.

This is more than a building. This is a new heartbeat for the arts in our community and region. This is an opportunity for all of us to have a creative home...to dance, to laugh, to learn, to experiment...and to let every day of our lives be filled with wonder and friendship.

This is the dream. You are invited to make it a reality.