The Local in Saugerties, a nonprofit music venue whose performers have included Lenny Kaye of the Patti Smith Group and Tony Levin of Peter Gabriel’s band, raised more than half of its $40,000 target since it began a funding campaign last month.
The $22,400 raised so far includes $15,000 from the New York State Council on the Arts and $7,400 in private donations. The Local aims to use the funds to pay its performers higher fees, cover the cost of building repairs and lower rental costs for its home, a former chapel built in 1875 at 16 John St. that had more recently housed a daycare center.
John W. Barry is a reporter for The Overlook. Reach him at john@theoverlooknews.com.