{"id":14262,"date":"2024-03-24T15:08:50","date_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:08:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/?p=14262"},"modified":"2024-03-24T15:08:53","modified_gmt":"2024-03-24T19:08:53","slug":"nearing-7-years-abcinema-still-growing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wzbd.com\/index.php\/2024\/03\/24\/nearing-7-years-abcinema-still-growing\/","title":{"rendered":"Nearing 7 years, ABCinema still growing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By BOB SHRALUKA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

WZBD.com<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The movie theater many people thought would never happen in Decatur is rolling along toward its seventh anniversary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABCinema, which opened downtown in May of 2017, got a tip of the caps from city officials as council approved its latest CF-1 review at council’s latest meeting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The CF-1 is a form businesses which receive a tax abatement must fill out each year to demonstrate how they has complied with what they vowed to do in order to receive the abatement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ABCinema co-owner Barb Affolder said at the council meeting that the latest compliance review has to do with the addition to the theater three years when it expanded into the building to the west.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The original two abatements \u2013 for real property and for equipment \u2013 have expired.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The cinema received a second set of abatements when it expanded.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The business has once again lived up to its commitments, annual payroll having risen from $43,000 to its current $53,530. Its employee numbers have also increased, to 21 part-time (including owners Barb and Corey) employees plus \u201cthree college kids who work on their breaks,\u201d Barb said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

She noted that one employee has been with them for six years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe theater has been a definite asset to Decatur,\u201d Councilman Scott Murray said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI want to personally thank Corey and Barb for taking this on several years ago,\u201d Mayor Dan Rickord added.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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