The Times - Serving Waitsburg, Dayton and the Touchet Valley

DAYTON—A $7,612 grant from the Wildhorse Foundation has helped enable the Touchet Valley Arts Council (TVAC) to address several safety and energy efficiency needs at the annex building adjacent, and integral to, the Liberty Theater in Dayton.

The Wildhorse Foundation grant was combined with a smaller grant of $3,222 from the Sustainable Living Center in Walla Walla to complete energy efficiency and electrical safety upgrades.

This project included adding insulation to the previously-uninsulated attic of the large room of the annex building and adding a mini-split HVAC system to improve comfort and energy efficiency throughout that building.

Additionally, electrical wiring and connections were inspected and updated in the forward portion of the attic, and elsewhere, to improve safety.

“The support from the Wildhorse Foundation and the Sustainable Living Center towards TVAC’s effort to ensure the building is safe and more energy efficient helps to reduce safety and energy costs and improves the financial and environmental sustainability of the Liberty Theater. Benefits of this project help the TVAC continue to foster the arts and provide cultural benefits to the local community as well as the surrounding region,” said TVAC board member Glen Mendel.