Chattooga County Commissioner Blake Elsberry says that a recent grant from the Appalachian Regional Commission for renovations at the Tooga Theater will go towards engineering and architectural plans that are needed before more renovation work can be done at the theater in Summerville.  In 2021 the county received a $26,000 grant from the Fox Theater Institute.  That money was used to restore the facade, windows and doors and to install the marquee.  In March of 2021, Commissioner Elsberry told WZQZ News that he believed it would cost between $500,000- $700,000 to totally restore the historic theater in downtown Summerville.  The theater was purchased from the Chattooga County Shrine Club by former Commissioner Jason Winters.