The Balboa Performing Arts Theater got the go-ahead Wednesday from the California Coastal Commission to renovate and expand its theater at 707 E. Balboa Blvd., a project was estimated in 2005 to cost $6.5 million.
“We’re full-steam ahead,” theater Executive Director Mary Lonich said by phone from Eureka, where the commission unanimously approved the plans. Theater supporters have been working since 1996 to raise money and renovate the theater.
Coastal Commission staffers had concerns about parking, but Lonich said the commission liked that the theater would serve coastal visitors and likely help revitalize the neighborhood.
