More than 20 years after a small army of community volunteers showed up with mops, buckets and checkbooks to save the Fox Theater from decades of neglect -- possibly even the wrecking ball -- comes news that the nonprofit that oversees the landmark has paid off the mortgage. "The folks at Mission Bank said they usually don't cheer when someone pays off their mortgage, but they were ecstatic," said Fox Foundation past president Rick Davis, who added the note was paid in full late last year but he wasn't at liberty to announce the good news, honoring the wishes of some publicity-shy donors with very deep pockets.
Sly Fox Pays Off Mortgage, Makes Change
Bakersfield.com Local News, The Bakersfield Californian
Wed, 04/01/2015 - 4:15pm
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Topics: California Kern County Bakersfield
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