The John Victor Machuga Foundation, Inc. has awarded funding of $25,000 to CitySpace for the second-floor renovation of Old Town Hall.

Easthampton Old Town Hall’s second floor has served as a meeting and performance space in the past but is currently not accessible. Included in the restoration, renovations, and repairs will be an accessible entryway, elevator to all floors of the building, and flexible performing arts and community space with green room, offices, concessions, restrooms, and storage. The John Victor Machuga Foundation funding will go towards a needed match for a $200,000 grant from the Massachusetts Cultural Council Cultural Facilities Fund awarded to CitySpace in June 2019.

NAME A SEAT IN OLD TOWN HALL 

CitySpace is planning for an accessible performance space in Old Town Hall's 2nd floor. For a donation of $500, you can purchase a chair that will include a plaque with a name in tribute on the back. Commemorate an artist, an anniversary, a birthday, an idea…  and help us bring Old Town Hall back to life!
Take A Seat

Established in 1994, the John Victor Machuga Foundation provides support for education, research, the arts, and healthcare. Mr. Machuga, a dedicated hard worker who acquired assets in his life without heirs to leave them to, generously directed that his executors establish a private foundation upon his passing to ensure that his generous wishes were realized.

CitySpace President, Burns Maxey said, “John Victor Machuga was a hard-working self-made person — traits akin to the founders of Easthampton’s Old Town Hall. The foundation’s funding is a gift to us all and will help to enable the upper hall of Old Town Hall to become a dynamic performance and community space for our city and region.”

For more information on the plans for funding and renovation, and naming opportunities see cityspaceeasthampton.org/transformation.