Eastside business owners David and John O’Leary are providing enough paint to cover the 6,000 square foot Reach Studio Art Center in REO Town as part of a renovation project.
Reach us a non-profit art center that’s been open since 2003. The exterior paint is peeling and in need of repair.
“No major renovations have been done since that point,” says Reach Outreach Coordinator Jessica Swisher.
In 2008, 732 young people and 251 adults participated in Reach’s programs.
Through their company, O’Leary Paint, the O’Learys have donated enough paint to give the studio a much-needed makeover. From 9 a.m. until 6 p.m., Saturday May 30, dozens of community volunteers will paint Reach, working in three-hour shifts to ensure the building is finished by the day’s end.
O’Leary got involved with the project after talking with a member of the Arts Council of Greater Lansing, who mentioned that Reach needed help with a renovation.
“It’s such a worthwhile cause,” David O’Leary says. “It’s an easy one to get behind. We’re lucky to have people like this in the community. If this isn’t a worthwhile project, I don’t know what is. It didn’t take a lot of selling.”
The rain date for the project is Saturday, June 6. For more information, click here.
Source: Jessica Swisher, Reach Studio Art Center
Ivy Hughes is the managing editor of Capital Gains and can be reached here.
All Photographs © Dave Trumpie
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