Published February 19, 2004, in issue #0307 of the Hook

Staunton's facelift isn't cheap. Check out this partial tab for some of the Queen City's downtown revitalization projects:

Beverley Street infrastructure rehab: $3.5 million

New parking garage: $4.5 million

Blackfriars Playhouse: $3.7 million

RR Smith Center for History and the Arts: $2.5 million

New Dixie Theater (The Staunton Performing Arts Center): $5 million

Stonewall Jackson Hotel and Conference Center: $19.3 million

Next phase of infrastructure rehab (Frederick Street area): $6.3 million

The American Hotel renovation: $2.4 million

Partial tab total: $47.2 million

--L.P.

PHOTO BY JEN FARIELLO

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