Friday, April 13, 2012

GPAC Survey Results: 13 April, 2012

I've finished writing my articles on my effort to bring the Greensboro Performing Arts Center to Northeast Greensboro but because my survey is ongoing I'll post results from time to time. Links to all the results can be found on the GPAC Survey Results page.

Click here to take the survey.

Results to date:
1. Can Greensboro afford a performing arts center?
Yes 68.8%
No 31.3%

2. Should Greensboro build a performing arts center?
Yes 62.5%
No 37.5%

3. A Greensboro performing arts center should be
privately owned. 31.3%
publicly owned. 68.8%

4. Should a performing arts center be incentivized by the City of Greensboro?
Yes 62.5%
No 37.5%

5. Should Greensboro invest taxpayers' dollars in ways that will directly increase profits for businesses?
Yes 50%
No 50%

6. Greensboro's performing arts center should be located
Downtown. 73.3%
Northeast Greensboro. 6.7%
Greensboro Coliseum Complex. 6.7%
in another concentrated poverty neighborhood other than Northeast Greensboro. 13.3%

7. The Greensboro performing arts center should be managed by
Matt Brown. 13.3%
Greensboro Parks and Recreation. 0.0%
a public/private partnership like the Durham Performing Arts Center. 86.7%

8. Should the Greensboro City Council resort to "certificates of participation" to build a performing arts center without the consent of Greensboro voters?
Yes 46.7%
No 53.3%

9. Will you vote come November to support a Greensboro performing arts center?
Yes 56.3%
No 43.8%

10. This is the final question: Do you think this survey was written fairly so that the choices you were given accurately reflect your feelings?
Yes 93.8%
No 6.3%