b'S ometime in 2026 classicalINCONCERT SIERRA Company, is getting closer to completing the music lovers will melt intobuilding, Ken said. Robert Wallis of Wallis plush theater seats, sighing Designs is the lead architect. Ken said ICS is with pleasure as melliuous instrumentsproud the majority of contractors working on the and voices ll the new concert hall in GrassOld New project are locals. Estimated cost for the grand project Valley. The concert hallof InConcertis $18 million. Sierra is part of Crown Point Venues whichB U S I N E S S E S We have raised $14,600,000 and are still will also feature a black box theatre andfundraising to complete construction and will have conference center. incredible opening celebrations, writes Julie Hardin. Its pretty exciting, said project co-manager KenOver 225 seats in the concert hall have been named at $1,000 Hardin. It is really going to put Nevada County oneach so were almost halfway to our goal of 540 seats named. We the map in a different way. By Heather Macdonald also have plenty of room for naming possibilities ranging from Hardin is the artistic director of InConcert Sierra.$8,000 to naming the entire complex for $3 million.An accomplished musician and conductor, Hardin moved to NevadaFor $3 million some person or business could have the entire center County in 1984 from Southern California. In Nevada City he met hisnamed for them. wife Julie Hardin. Julie and her family were already famous locallyKen Hardin said the state-of-the-art acoustic concert hall is really for owning the Bouzy Rouge restaurantin Nevada City. Back thenonly a small part of the entire event center. In addition, there will be a the musical restaurant was known for its good food served by singing150-seat black-box theatre and a conference center boasting banquetservers. Julie is now the executive director for InConcert Sierra,seating for up to 300.bringing her extensive background in business management to theAdditionally, there is plenty of parking and a large catering kitchen nonprot organization while Ken offers his great musical background.adjacent to the conference center, writes Julie. InConcert Sierra Together with InConcert Sierra (formerly Twin Cities Concertcannot ll all of the dates in the concert hall on its own and all three Association) members, they hada dream to establish a largeof the main venue are open to rentals. Crown Point Venues is open entertainment and event venue for Nevada County. Ken said theto all sorts of events including wedding receptions, social gatherings, conversation began in 2010, then a venue was found in Penn Valley.performances, nonprot fundraisers, corporate conferences, club That initial project didnt work out. In 2018 an unexpected gift of $2events, trade shows, lm festivals, you name it!million kept the dream alive and it will be completed in 2026 underKen said, however, they wont be taking rental reservations until the the auspices of Crown Pointe Venues.building is further along to being completed. The 42,000-square-foot building now has its shell and sits atopIn the meantime, local music lovers are excited about the new a hill in the Whispering Pines Business Park at 125 Crown Pointconcert hall. The 540-seat concert hall is acoustic which means no Court in Grass Valley. Once the headquarters of local tech giant,amplied music. It is designed mainly for classical music concerts, Belden Grass Valley, InConcert Sierra purchased the space and localwhich InConcert Sierra presents. contractor Keoni Allen, owner of Sierra Foothills ConstructionContinued on next pageSubmitted photo.2025Nevada County Business Focus 17'