Pictured (L-R) David Hoke, Harv Sprafka, Maggie Hamilton Beyer, Park Woodle, Pennie Sommar (with the Heritage Foundation), Dylan Morse and Natalie Job (Grand Theater Foundation)
Pictured (L-R) David Hoke, Harv Sprafka, Maggie Hamilton Beyer, Park Woodle, Pennie Sommar (with the Heritage Foundation), Dylan Morse and Natalie Job (Grand Theater Foundation)

The Knoxville Heritage Community Foundation on Wednesday presented the Grand Theater Foundation with a $15,000 pledge toward the theater restoration project. This comes on the heels of a $25,000 donation from Weiler Foundation, and $50,000 from Mark and Jill (Fuerhoff) Oman. Dylan Morse, President of the Grand Theater Foundation, says these large contributions put the fundraising efforts more than a quarter of the way to their $500,000 goal – having raised $150,000 since beginning the project last fall.