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A national award has been presented to the leader of the renovation of the historic Queen Theatre in downtown Bryan.
Ben Hardeman was nominated by Sandy Farris of the Downtown Bryan Association to receive the League of Historic American Theaters outstanding individual contribution award.
The award is one of two that the League presents at its annual conference, which this year was in Austin.
Click below for comments from Sandy Farris, visiting with WTAW’s Bill Oliver.
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