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Webb Management Services Inc. 18 personnel + experience (continued) In 2014, Webb Management Services was hired by the City of Homestead to develop a business plan for the city’s historic Seminole Theatre. Seminole Theatre Business Plan, Homestead, FL (2014, 2015) The City of Homestead, owner of the historic Seminole Theatre, had been pursuing the renovation and expanded operations of the venue for many years. Following a memorandum in 2013, the City and Community Redevelopment Agency were positioned to make significant investment in the building, with additional commitments in place for management fees and operating support stretching out over the next 19 years. Given these commitments, and the limited progress made in getting the theater up and running in the past, City leadership hired Webb Management Services to complete a plan that considered various opportunities and alternatives to animate the facility and generate value for the City based on market conditions and industry trends. In creating this plan, our work assessed the local market—including the City’s growing Latino population, demand and need for space, the supply of cultural facilities in and around the area, and the potential benefits and impacts of the project on the community. Following a report that concluded that the Seminole Theatre should be renovated into a community-oriented cultural center, the City allocated funds to renovate the facility. We were then asked to update our work in preparation of an October 2015 re-opening. As such, we provided the City with specific direction as to how the theater should be operated, how an operator should be put in place, and what other efforts should be made to prepare the facility for its re-opening. Reference: Rick Ammirato Executive Director City of Homestead CRA t. (305) 224-4480 e. rammirato@cityofhomestead.com