The Bastrop Opera House marked a new chapter in its storied history Nov. 7 when it hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to celebrate the start of construction on its expanded space .

The details

The project, a renovation of the building adjacent to its current space, will add more than 5,000 square feet to the existing footprint, according to Bastrop Opera House.

How we got here

Lisa Holcomb, executive director of the Bastrop Opera House , told the several community members and local leaders in attendance that she had her eye on the building for the past few years.

“I’d walk past all these red doors, oftentimes to get into the opera house, and I’d be like a little kid at a candy shop,” she said. “I’d be looking into this empty building, knowing we’re out out of space, and thinking, ‘W

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