The Catherine Mitchell Arts Centre won’t survive Auckland Council’s proposed leasing fee increases, says an executive board member for the centre, potentially ending nearly a century of support from the centre for the arts, and costing a dozen arts, cultural and social groups their home.
The council’s new community occupancy guidelines for council-owned buildings recommend the centre pays an annual rent of $1300, up from $1 under the previous guidelines, and raising its annual ‘operational expenses fee’ from less than $600 to $5000 a year.
• Paul Mitchell
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