[Peace] Emergency Meeting Tonight - Save IMC Performance Space

[Ricky Baldwin]

--- "Zachary C. Miller"
<wolfgang at wolfgang.groogroo.com> wrote:
> To: print at chambana.net
> From: "Zachary C. Miller"
> <wolfgang at wolfgang.groogroo.com>
> Subject: [UCIMC-print] IMC Shut Down by City of
> Urbana
> Date: Fri, 9 May 2003 12:38:41 -0500 (CDT)
> 
> This is an urgent emergency message about the Urbana
> IMC for community
> members. Apologies for broadcasting it, we wouldn't
> do this for
> anything but the most dire emergency.
> 
> Last night the IMC performance space was shut down
> by the city of
> Urbana. Attempts to negotiate with the city have
> been met with
> disrespect, hostility, and abuse.
> 
> Concerned citizens who want to help get the IMC
> performance space
> reopened should meet tonight at 405 West Illinois
> Street in Urbana for
> our an emergency response meeting.
> 
> Please email me if you have any questions.
> 
> The following is a press release that was sent out
> last night to local
> and Chicago media:
> 
> Press Release
> 
> Community Center Unexpectedly Shut Down by City of
> Urbana
> 
> On Thursday, May 8, 2003, at approximately 6 PM, the
> performance space
> at the Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center
> (UCIMC) at 218
> W. Main St. was closed by the City of Urbana under
> highly irregular
> circumstances.
> 
> The UCIMC was first inspected three days earlier, on
> Monday, May 5.
> At that time, the UCIMC was given notice of six
> violations of the
> Urbana fire code and informed that a follow-up
> inspection would be
> conducted on May 29, 2003.  
> 
> On Thursday evening after business hours, the
> Division Chief of the
> Fire Rescue Services Department returned unannounced
> with a building
> official to close the performance space.  It is
> extremely unusual for
> an inspection to occur after business hours and with
> little notice.
> Furthermore, the city has thus far given no reason
> why the space was
> suddenly shut down instead of reinspected on May 29,
> as stated in the
> original notice.
> 
> The UCIMC has already made significant progress in
> addressing the
> violations listed by the Fire Department, and plans
> to continue
> addressing these concerns. It is unclear why the
> decision to close the
> performance space was made after it was determined
> at the initial
> inspection that the organization would have 24 days
> to fix the
> problems.
> 
> The performance space at the UCIMC is
> Champaign-Urbana's only all
> ages, volunteer operated, not-for-profit,
> non-smoking venue for
> regularly scheduled touring and local music
> performances.
> 
> FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT:
> 
> Zach Miller         Meghan Krausch
> 217-367-4678        217-390-6051                    
>                
> 217-265-8458        217-244-4682   
> zach at ucimc.org      meghan at ucimc.org
> 
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