Plans to re-open the former Boulogne have been set in a Community Investment Offer from Sheffield Community Media (SCM). The crowdfunding campaign is inviting the public to become community shareholders and co-owners in the development of a new live arts and media venue in Castlegate.
The pub was acquired earlier this year by the charitable community benefit society which hosts and supports Sheffield Live! radio and TV. They plan to renovate the building to accommodate radio, TV and podcasting studios, to re-open the ground floor as a public cafe and bar, and to offer performance spaces for local artists and promoter.
Sangita Basudev, co-founder of Sheffield Live! said: “So many people have shared with us their memories of the pub and its neighbourhood and their hopes for what it can become in the future. Now we need people to get on board, as community shareholders, to help raise the investment needed to restore and renew this unique city centre asset.”
The Community Investment Offer is live and open to the public until 10 December on the Crowdfunder platform and via the Society’s website, with more information available at sheffieldlive.org/shares.
