Here are snippets from the 3 most recent articles I've found concerning plans to build a Greensboro Performing Arts Center. Read all three articles and see if you can find what is missing, what isn't being talked about.
"A task force of city business and arts leaders began its work today to study the feasibility of building a downtown performing arts center." Greensboro News & Record
"This Thursday, the Greensboro Performing Arts Center Task Force will have its first meeting. Ross Harris, a task force member, tells WFMY News 2 the meeting is for members to meet, greet and begin discussions." WFMY Television
"The mayor used the aquatic center as an example of when the city got it right. That's bringing in some $40-million worth of economic impact. Again, the key ingredient won't be money, it will be unity and working together." WFMY Television
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In his comment to my article, Yes Weekly Supports East Greensboro Performing Arts Center, columnist and editor, Jordan Green of Yes Weekly writes, ...Any investment has to have a decent chance of success because if it fails it will lead to more discouragement and complacency. So I need to be convinced that not only does Phillip Avenue have the need, but it also has the potential."
Jordan makes a great point but no one from the City of Greensboro has even bothered to study placing a performing arts center at any location other than downtown. How can we have a feasibility study that doesn't include other areas of Greensboro including the area inside the little green circle? To do so is gross negligence on the part of the Greensboro City Council.
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