The Rehoboth Beach Planning Commission on Feb. 26 voted 5-3 to approve plans by the Clear Space Theatre Company to expand its operations by building a larger theater and an adjacent rehearsal theater in a new location in the Delaware beach resort city.
Supporters of the theater project, including many of Rehoboth’s LGBTQ residents and summer visitors, hailed the decision as an important next step in the theater’s two-and-a-half year effort to gain approval for the two buildings on Rehoboth Avenue, which serves as the city’s main commercial street.
But the decision to approve the project was immediately criticized by four nearby residents who are among a group of 21 residents that has campaigned against the project on grounds that it is