The Fullerton Historic Theatre Foundation, a community-based nonprofit organization, was formed in 2001 to meet the challenge of saving the Fox. The Foundation engaged the services of experts in fundraising, historic theatre restoration, and theatre operations to develop a financially feasible project that will allow the Theatre be restored and run as a self-sustaining cultural center, featuring independent/classic film, concerts, plays, and special events. The attached retail will be revitalized as historic, pedestrian-oriented, Santa Barbara-style shopping and dining areas.