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 </figure>By COLE REIF Great Bend Post
















Glassman Corporation took Great Bend officials through a final
walkthrough in January for the completion of the new heating and air
conditioning system installed at the Crest Theatre. HVAC replacements for
larger buildings are no small nor cheap projects. The $572,700 HVAC was placed outside
the theater near the southeast wall. The City of Great Bend budgeted $350,000
over two years for the replacement. City Administrator Kendal Francis says the
city is also finalizing a $90,000 grant to help pay for the HVAC.
"We did receive a grant from the Kansas Historic Society, so we are closing that out," said Francis. "We will receive those funds once we turn in our paperwork."
Jerry Renk, a Crest Theatre Board Member, presented the Great Bend City Council
a check worth more than $130,000 for their share of the HVAC expense. After the
budgeting and grant, it was understood that the Crest Theatre Board would have
to cover the remaining balance on the project. 
The old heating system was original from when the building was built in the
1950s.

Sharing the expense of a well-heated Crest Theatre