28
Feb
2018
Hamilton AM
ON
Canada

Graham Crawford grew up in Hamilton and moved to Toronto in 1980. He is now a retired co-owner of an international management consulting company that was based in Toronto and that worked around the world. He sold the company in 2001, retired in 2005, and moved back to Hamilton that same year.

Since retirement, Graham has served on the following Boards:

  • Durand Neighbourhood Association
  • Hamilton Historical Board
  • Hamilton Club (also as Chairperson)
  • Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra
  • He is currently a Board member of the Westdale Cinema Group.

Graham also operated the award-winning Hamilton HIStory + HERitage, a free, storefront museum for 7 years on James Street North in a building he purchased in 2007.

The Westdale Cinema Group is a not-for-profit organization led by volunteers who have come together to purchase and to restore the Westdale Theatre. It opened in 1935 in the heart of Westdale Village and is Hamilton’s last remaining, intact, continuously operated, movie theatre. WCG Board members Fred Fuchs and Graham Crawford will describe how this project came to be known as an “urban barn raising” because of the tremendous support from and involvement by the broader community. They will share information about the restoration and the planned programming for the theatre. The 82 year old theatre is scheduled to reopen in July of 2018.



 
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