The Performing Arts Initiative, the group that is seeking to establish a performing arts center in the Gorge, has recently hired a project manager. Mark Steighner is one of the founding members of the group says CBRE Heery will take the project from concept to construction. Steighner says their next goal is to hire a capital campaign firm to raise money for the $25 million project. PRI has an option to lease land on Westcliff Drive west of Hood River.