Media Coverage

02/15/25 - “New Life for Englewood Theater” (The Examiner)

02/21/25 - “Group Hopes to Restore Englewood Theater” (Channel 9)

02/25/25 - “Bright hopes for beloved pieces of local history” (The Examiner editorial)

02/25/25 - “Efforts underway to revitalize historic Englewood Theater” (Fox 4)

02/26/25 - “Historic Englewood Theater could be restored to its original glory” (Channel 5)

03/03/25 - “New nonprofit in contract to purchase Englewood Theater, Ben Franklin store” (Channel 41)

03/10/25 - “Nonprofit in contract to buy Englewood Theater holding community meeting Monday” (Channel 41)

03/10/25 - “Friends of Englewood want community input on theater’s future” (Channel 5)

03/10/25 - “Public weighs in on future of Englewood Theater” (Channel 4)

03/12/25 - “Independence group wants to restore historic Englewood Theater” (Kansas City Business Journal)

05/01/25 - “Patient hard work brings success and momentum to the the community” (Examiner editorial)

05/16/25 - Have a memory of the old Englewood Theater or Five and Dime store? (Channel 41)

09/08/25 - Community working to raise $4M to revitalize Independence theater (Fox 4)

09/09/25 - A peek inside Englewood Theater as feasibility study results released (Channel 5)

10/14/25 - A key step forward for the Englewood Theater (Examiner)

11/13/25 - New beginnings for a historic building: Nonprofit purchases Englewood Theater (Channel 9)

11/13/25 - Nonprofit plans massive renovation for Englewood Theater after buying historic building (Channel 5)

11/13/25 - Metro theater’s new owners imagine historic theater as ‘new cultural hub’ (Channel 4)