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WEST VALLEY CITY, Utah — One month after the city announced the West Valley Performing Arts Center's closing, the City Council unanimously voted to save the building.
"I give Mr. Pili and the Council a lot of credit for saying, 'We'll hear you out.' Then from the 'We'll hear you out' to actually, 'Hey, we can work with that,'" said Kate Rufener, a team lead with the #KeepWestValleyPerforming group. Weeks ago, the local theater community felt hopeless after Pili said the building was"bleeding money" from the general fund.
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