Scott Boulevard Church Sanctuary to be a Performing Arts Center?

At last month's DeKalb County Commission meeting, the Board of Commissioners voted to give Fuqua Development a 60-day, full-cycle deferral on its planned mixed-use residential and retail center to be located at the intersection of North Decatur Road and Scott Boulevard.

In response to the community's pushback on the “Decatur Crossing” development, developer Jeff Fuqua has changed the development to be "more conventional" and now the plan is going before the Community Council, Planning Commission and then BOC once again.

Next up is the Planning Committee Meeting set for Nov. 7 at 6:30 p.m. at the Maloof Auditorium, located at 1300 Commerce Drive.

And while all those involved continue to work to find a conventional plan for the development site, a group of 10 Decatur and DeKalb arts organizations have come up with a somewhat unconventional proposal that the Scott Boulevard Baptist Church sanctuary be saved and revitalized as a performing arts center.

As Atlanta INtown writes Wednesday, Fuqua, which reportedly is “not against incorporating some type of arts venue” in the project, has been sent the proposal to have the sanctuary building preserved. The article goes on to explain how the area is lacking in performing arts spaces dedicated for smaller size dance companies.

How does this idea sound to you? Would you like to see the church sanctuary saved and reborn as a performing arts center? Let us know in the comment section below.