Restoration underway at The Pines Theater in Silsbee

Southeast Texas first here at 12 news and tonight we're learning more about the restoration efforts at the historic Pines theater in Silsby damage from Harvey shut down that 69-year-old facility the city found a way to save it but they also need a lot of money to get things done the project is 100% Community backed at this point volunteers host fundraising events throughout the year including a chili cookoff that took place last weekend it's a slow go with the restoration but volunteers say they are making progress we have started the reatment on the fouryear area which is where we're standing now which is removing all the lead paint the asbest mold and that the next step will be doing that to the theater part of the area the group says it'll cost around $2 million to restore and reopen the theater