The State Theater needs funds for renovations as well as for a projector and system, the later which will cost about $60,000 or more.  The reason is that movie companies are not making the big reels of film anymore, but instead, they are putting it onto a digital format, be that a separate small hard drive, DVD type disc or downloadable from their website.  The Board of Directors held a community meeting that was well attended.  Carole Moeller invited Justin McLaughlin of the Lory Theater in Highland, who put together a campaign to purchase, renovate and re-open the theater successfully.  He brought ideas on how to raise funds, but he had other advice, as his first suggestion to the group involved having a strategic plan in place.  Fundraising is fine and other events, but make the money first to get the equipment.  He will be providing Barb Barker, who runs the State Theater, with some of those plans and models he used.  He also advised the group to have one of the companies that sell these systems to come in and evaluate the theater and the needs.  Another option is leasing the equipment.  Various fundraising ideas were discussed, but an interesting idea was brought up involving dissolving the corporation that has funded the theater.  This would help the theater be eligible for many grants to help fund any renovations.  It would be a major undertaking for this to happen, even if every stockholder would agree.  The fact still remains that Barker is having difficulty finding movies that are relatively new that come on the big reels.  The opinion throughout the meeting was that the Theater is important to the community and is one of the only safe and fun options for many kids on the weekends in Nashville.  Moeller said they will meet again after getting more information from McLaughlin on his strategic plans and how they could work for Nashville.