Kansas City developer Butch Rigby has been trying to get this project off the ground for at least 20 years. There has been success & setbacks but it he remains committed.
Check his latest effort to remember local history and craft another creative cowtown space . . .
"A newly launched “Dreams Start Here” campaign aims to secure a future for the historic space near 30th and Troost, which served as Disney’s first animation house starting in May 1922. The $4 million fundraising goal would help transform it into a digital storytelling center aimed at nurturing young animators and artists."
Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .
Disney preservationists launch $4M campaign, add key collaborators to save iconic animator's KC studio
The legacy of Walt Disney's foundational time in Kansas City - and the structure the famed animator left behind on Troost Avenue - must be preserved frame by frame, said supporters of an ambitious redevelopment project at the former Laugh-O-gram Studios.
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