Roxie Theater Explains How They Managed to Raise Millions to Buy Their Building

The Roxie Theater, a cherished 112-year-old institution in the Mission District, is close to achieving its goal of buying its building outright through an ongoing $7 million capital campaign. Recently honored with the Mel Novikoff Award at the SFFILM Festival for enhancing appreciation of world cinema, Roxie leadership, led by executive director Lex Sloan, shared insights on their fundraising efforts, revealing they have raised $5.5 million so far. This initiative, dubbed the Forever Roxie capital campaign, highlights the theater's deep community roots and commitment to cinema.

Sometimes I'm plunging a toilet or doing touch-up paint, and it's still the best job in the world. But the news that the Roxie is very close to buying their building outright was of course the hot topic of the evening.

Buying the Roxie, buying this building, has been a long-held dream of many stewards of this organization. This isn't new. This has truly been a labor of love for years for so many people.

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