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Alan Gerry: Gerry Foundation
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Without question, developer Alan Gerry has done a fabulous job creating the Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, which is developing the museum as the the latest feature of its 2,000-acre performing arts venue. Already, the performing center has featured major concerts, from rock 'n' roll bands to The New York Philharmonic. Gerry, who made a fortune as the founder of Cablevision, started to buy lands around the Woodstock concert site more than a decade ago and has contributed $85 million to the Bethel project through a family foundation.
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Alan Gerry's foundation got a cool $1 million in June from the U.S. Senate for the Woodstock-era museum that will open next year at his Bethel Woods Center for the Arts. Five days later, the Liberty cable TV magnate and his family gave $29,200 to the politicians who earmarked the money — Sens. Chuck Schumer and Hillary Rodham Clinton, both Democrats.
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Alan Gerry, founder of CVI and the Gerry Foundation, expressed his appreciation for the hard work being done by community members and described how Cornell's involvement was helping Liberty achieve its dreams. He closed by stating that the Gerry Foundation would be supporting the Liberty Economic Action Project -- and Cornell's participation in it -- for a second year.
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Bethel Woods is largely the creation of Alan Gerry, a local man who made a fortune in cable television, bought the Woodstock site through his Gerry Foundation 10 years ago and added 1,700 surrounding acres. The construction work, he said on Saturday night, had been done in a remarkable 23 months and largely by local citizens. Total cost is estimated at $70 million.
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The $70 million project, launched by the Gerry Foundation in 2004, has employed over 650 New York State laborers and artisans in every trade and skill, many from the local area. Designed by Westlake Reed Leskosky of Cleveland, the Building Team had to overcome a sometimes frustrating two-year design and construction process that was rife with historic preservation concerns.
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According to conversations with the New York State Preservation Office, the Gerry Foundation has already confirmed that the Woodstock site is eligible for National registration. This was required in order to apply for, and be granted, the $15 million in public funds for the development of the Bethel Performing Arts District. Given that the site is already deemed eligible, and the Gerry Foundation has already accepted tax payers' money, the WPA does not expect any opposition on the part of the Gerry Foundation to the WPA's desire to proceed with immediate registration.
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