With three levels, 22,000 square feet, and costing $5.4 million dollars, the Canton Symphony Orchestra can now finally house all its workers, musicians, and staff under the same roof. Before its completion, the conductor got dressed in a small cramped space, the male musicians changed in the McKinley High School band room, and the female musicians got ready in a dark basement storage room. The administrative staff worked in a windowless office at the Cultural Center for the Arts with no kitchen and a shared bathroom. 

However, that reality is no more as The Zimmermann Symphony Center provides comfortable dressing rooms for musicians and guest artists. The administrative staff now have a  large office space with windows, a kitchen, and two bathrooms. In the new building there is also a music library, board room, storage rooms, a reception desk, an engineering studio, an exhibition space, an elevator, a lobby, and a reception desk. Additionally, McKinley High School’s auditorium was refurbished with new seats, carpeting, lighting, and a hearing loop.